How to pronounce bye

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What bye means

noun

A free pass into the next round of a contest without playing

In a sentence: With an odd number of teams, ours got a bye and moved on to round two without playing.

Where it comes from: It is another spelling of by, from the Old English bi, meaning near. The goodbye meaning is a different word, a shortened form of goodbye.

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