Look up: Bye

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   bye
   [n] - you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
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   Bye
   Bye (bī) noun 1. 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. [ Obsolete except in the phrase by the bye .] « The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England. Full ...
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   Bye
   Bye (bī) noun [ Anglo-Saxon bȳ ; confer Icelandic bygð dwelling, byggja , būa , to dwell √97.] 1. A dwelling. Gibson. 2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. Emerson.
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   Bye
   Bye noun 1. 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. 2. (Golf) The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.
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   Bye
   • (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.) In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. • (n.) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. • (n.) A dwelli...
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   bye
   (from the article `cricket`) Only runs scored from the bat count to the batsman, but to the side`s score may be added the following extras: (1) byes (when a ball from the bowler ...
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