bye-


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.