If you say, "Bye!" you mean "farewell" or "so long." In other words, bye is a shorter way to say, "Goodbye."
A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye,
Noun
a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"
Noun
you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
n.
A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary
object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye,
i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.
n.
A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.
n.
A dwelling.
n.
In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
Bye
The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England.2.
Bye
A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye,
A dwelling.
Usage Examples
We didn't have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it.
Misspelled FormBye, Bye, ye, Bye, Btye, B6ye, B7ye, Buye, Bhye, Bte, B6e, B7e, Bue, Bhe, Byte, By6e, By7e, Byue, Byhe, Bywe, By3e, By4e, Byre, Byse, Byde, Byw, By3, By4, Byr, Bys, Byd, Byew, Bye3, Bye4, Byer, Byes, Byed.
Other Usage ExamplesThe hardest thing is at the end you have to say bye to all these people who you have worked with for so many months. It was really sad not to see them anymore. But you have the parties that you go to and you get to see them, like the premieres and the screenings.
I wasn't originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the lead role. Initially I was kind of scared, but once I did it I got bitten by the bug and loved it.