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bye-pref. Variant of by-.bye1 (baɪ) n. Also, by. 1. (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. 2. something subsidiary or secondary. adj. 3. by 1. Idioms: by the bye, by the way; incidentally. [1710–20; variant sp. of by1 in its n. sense “side way”] bye2 or by (baɪ) interj. good-bye. [by shortening] bye- var. of by-: bye-election. EncyclopediaSeebye |