Bye vs. By

Byenoun

(sports) 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.

Byenoun

(cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.

Byenoun

(obsolete) A dwelling.

Byenoun

(obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.

Byenoun

obsolete spelling of bee

Byeinterjection

(colloquial) Goodbye.

Byepreposition

obsolete spelling of by

Byenoun

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.

Byenoun

A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.

Byenoun

In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to draw a bye in a round of a tennis tournament.

Byenoun

The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.

Byenoun

A dwelling.

Byenoun

In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.

Byenoun

you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent;

Byenoun

a farewell remark;

Byenoun

the transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent

Byenoun

a run scored from a ball that passes the batsman without being hit (recorded as an extra, not credited to the individual batsman).

Byenoun

one or more holes remaining unplayed after a match has been decided.

Byeinterjection

short for goodbye

Bypreposition

Near or next to.

Bypreposition

At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.

Bypreposition

Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.

Bypreposition

Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.

Bypreposition

Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.

Bypreposition

Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.

Bypreposition

Indicates a source of light used as illumination.

Bypreposition

Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.

Bypreposition

Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.

Bypreposition

In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.

Bypreposition

Indicates a referenced source: According to.

Bypreposition

Indicates an oath: With the authority of.

Bypreposition

Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.

Bypreposition

(horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.

Byadverb

Along a path which runs by the speaker.

Byadverb

In the vicinity, near.

Byadverb

To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.

Byadverb

Aside, away.

Byadjective

Out of the way, subsidiary.

Bynoun

(card games) A pass

Byinterjection

alternative spelling of bye

Bypreposition

In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.

Bypreposition

On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.

Bypreposition

Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.

Bypreposition

Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.

Bypreposition

Against.

Bypreposition

With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.

Byadverb

Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.

Byadverb

Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.

Byadverb

Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.

Byadjective

Out of the common path; aside; - used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.

Byadverb

so as to pass a given point;

Byadverb

in reserve; not for immediate use;

Bypreposition

identifying the agent performing an action.

Bypreposition

after a passive verb

Bypreposition

after a noun denoting an action

Bypreposition

identifying the author of a text, idea, or work of art

Bypreposition

indicating the means of achieving something

Bypreposition

indicating a term to which an interpretation is to be assigned

Bypreposition

indicating a name according to which a person is known

Bypreposition

indicating the means of transport selected for a journey

Bypreposition

indicating the other parent of someone's child or children

Bypreposition

indicating the sire of a pedigree animal, especially a horse

Bypreposition

(followed by a noun without a determiner) in various phrases indicating how something happens

Bypreposition

indicating the amount or size of a margin

Bypreposition

indicating a quantity or amount

Bypreposition

in phrases indicating something happening repeatedly or progressively, typically with repetition of a unit of time

Bypreposition

identifying a parameter

Bypreposition

expressing multiplication, especially in dimensions

Bypreposition

indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period

Bypreposition

indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object

Bypreposition

past and beyond

Bypreposition

indicating the period in which something happens

Bypreposition

concerning; according to

Bypreposition

used in mild oaths

Byadverb

so as to go past

Bynoun

variant spelling of bye