(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.
Bye
Definition:
(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) • The Kansas City Chiefs remain undefeated as they head into their bye week, moving to 9-0 with a victory in Buffalo.
(2) Even Ed Miliband had a polite pause before the assault, but now they are more crassly brutal than ever: “Red and Buried” (Daily Mail); “Bye, Bye Labour” (Express); “Leader Nightmare” (Sun); “Death of Labour” (Telegraph).
(3) With the win, Carolina clinched both the NFC South title as well as the second seed in the conference, giving them a bye week and guaranteeing them home field advantage in their first postseason game.
(4) Someone once said that the best Raymond Chandler novel is the first one you read, because between the debut of Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep (1939) and his last significant appearance in The Long Good-bye (1953), the books are pretty even in quality and there's nothing quite like the initial impact of Chandler's style, Marlowe's company and their colourful southern California locale.
(5) "I'll be happy if I can get to 84, and then just say: 'Bye-bye.'"
(6) Rival internet service provider BT submitted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about one of the TV ads, which featured Bolt promising that customers could say "bye-bye to buffering and hello to a superfast broadband".
(7) Bye then went on to argue that given “the absolute dearth of information Missouri has disclosed to this court, the ‘pharmacy’ on which Missouri relies could be nothing more than a high school chemistry class.” He added: “I once again fear Missouri elevates the ends over the means in its rush to execute Taylor.” Bye’s dissent was backed by two other judges on the appeals court.
(8) When each interaction with a grandchild or good-bye kiss to a spouse may be the last, a sense of poignancy may permeate even the most casual everyday experiences.
(9) The Everly Brothers' breakthrough hit was Bye Bye Love (1957), still regarded as one of their most impressive creations.
(10) Photograph: Jason Bye Wayne Lawrence, from Norfolk bought a Mercedes in 2003 and insured it through Mercedes-Benz.
(11) But we fear some evil spirit might take hold of the British, and that in the referendum they will say “bye” to the EU.
(12) I don't think people realise what it's like to say to your family and friends, 'Right, good-bye, I'll see you in two months'."
(13) Our jury gave Rasoulof the director's prize for his anguished film Good-Bye, and I'm very proud of this.
(14) So I invited my friends to my "Bye Bye Boobies" Party.
(15) Our jury prize went to the Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev 's gripping drama Elena, while the director's prize went to Iranian film-maker and campaigner Mohammad Rasoulof for his courageous movie Good Bye.
(16) The truth is, you don’t really need to … Okay, gotta go, bye.
(17) From 1957 the plangent voices of the Everly Brothers rang out to herald the birth of the rock'n'roll age in America, with songs such as Wake Up Little Susie, Bye Bye Love, Cathy's Clown and All I Have to Do Is Dream.
(18) Bye bye, Boris, the man who wouldn’t clear up his own mess | Marina Hyde Read more But in hindsight, the Machiavellian move was perhaps not totally unpredictable.
(19) 4.36pm BST Oh no he didn't … Kristof Terreur (@HLNinEngeland) Bye bye Afro.
(20) I guarantee if I go on a mission those little fuckers are going bye-bye.” At their next meeting, in August, the group decided on their final target, a converted apartment that serves as a community mosque, embedded in the heart of a complex populated entirely by refugees.