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bye

Pronunciation: (bī), [key]
—n. Also,by.
1. Sports.in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round: The top three seeded players received byes in the first round.
2. Golf.the holes of a stipulated course still unplayed after the match is finished.
3. Cricket.a run made on a ball not struck by the batsman.
4. something subsidiary, secondary, or out of the way.
5. by the bye, by the way; incidentally: By the bye, how do you spell your name? Also,by the by.

—adj.
by^1.

bye

Pronunciation: (bī), [key]
—interj.
by^2.

bye-

var. of by-: bye-election.

Bydgoszcz

bye-blow

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