(interj. & adv.) Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.
(n.) A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.
Example Sentences:
(1) 8.25am BST As the day draws to a close it is time to bid the readers adieu and wrap up the live-blog for the day.
(2) 1.35am GMT Email Resins Man bids us adieu: Well I was two innings too early.
(3) The Liverpool team coach snaked out of Goodison Road with police vans for an escort and irate Evertonians lining the route to bid it adieu.
(4) However, I have chosen today to bid adieu to this profession that I have loved so much.
(5) Vidic and Giggs were on the bench, alongside the 21-year-old defender, Michael Keane, while Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra were not in the 18, and so were maybe denied a last home adieu as each may depart this summer.
(6) His task was to get himself out of a hole of his own making on Britain’s potential exit from the European Union, woo back Tory voters attracted by Ukip and manage those of his increasingly militant backbenchers whose goal is to say adieu to EU membership.
(7) Cannes contenders Grace of Monaco (director Olivier Dahan, the opening night film); Sils Maria (Olivier Assayas); Saint Laurent (Bertrand Bonello); Kis Uykusu (Nuri Bilge Ceylan); Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne); Mommy (Xavier Dolan); Captives (Atom Egoyan); Adieu au Langage (Jean-Luc Godard); The Search (Michel Hazanavicius); The Homesman (Tommy Lee Jones); Futatsume No Mado (Naomi Kawase); Mr Turner (Mike Leigh); Jimmy's Hall (Ken Loach); Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller); Le Meraviglie (Alice Rohrwacher); Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako); Relatos Salvajes (Damian Szifron); Leviafan (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
(8) The cover of Monday's influential news weekly Der Spiegel declares "Adieu Greece", arguing that it is time to kick the country out of the euro.
Adios
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) 12.01pm BST A little news story on KLM's "adios amigos" tweet , which caused outrage everywhere, especially from actor Gael García Bernal (the article doesn't state however that he later deleted his tweets and apologised.)
(2) Crowd: A su abuela yo la vi (Your Grandmother I did see) Announcer: Adios Don Pepito (Goodbye Mr Pepito) Crowd: Adios Don José (Goodbye Mr José) We thought this had be a wind-up, but then we saw this .
(3) F*** you big time” – Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal is not impressed about a tweet from KLM Airlines saying “Adios Amigos” which they posted alongside a picture of a departures sign following Mexico’s World Cup elimination at Holland’s hands.
(4) F--- you big time,” after the Dutch airline posted a picture and an infographic of a sombrero, moustache and serape blanket under the heading “ Adios Amigos !”.
(5) Dutch airline KLM Led from the front on corporate social media gaffes, reacting to Arjen Robben’s dive beating Mexico with an “Adios Amigos” tweet, plus photo of a departures sign and a mustachioed man in a sombrero .