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/baɪ/ · noun
The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team..
Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
The Patriots were in the unique situation of having to play 16 straight games, then have their bye in week 17, whether they needed it or not.
The Synod of Dort in some points condemneth, upon the by, even the discipline of the Church of England.
Frank Kennedy will shew you the penalties in the act, and ye ken yoursell they used to put their run goods into the auld Place of Ellangowan up bye there.
This was lattin at me, ye ken, for inveetin the coachman an' the gamekeeper up bye.
No word of a new house-keeper down bye, Wull?
There's a friend of yours up bye that would be blithe to see you—up the rig from the auld aik on the road to the Greenshiel.
At length having gained a very bye Alley, where he thought he might enter into a Conference unnoticed by any who knew him.
Use bye when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bye means The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team..
Common synonyms include get out of here, applesauce, bender, bollocks.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Craig's Crew plays the bye next week.
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