bye English · revision 5567

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /baɪ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ {{homograph|1|side issue, in sport}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=mid-16th century}}

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a spelling of [[by]] used as a noun, from by- “secondary, subsidiary”, as in the side stakes of dicing and in various sports.^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A secondary object or side issue: the mid-16th century.^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The phrase ''by the bye'' meant “as a side matter” in the 17th century and “by the way” from the 18th.^(Hoad 1986) The Bye Plot, the lesser of two plots against James I, is from 1603.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) In cricket a bye is a run scored on a ball that passes the batsman and that the wicket-keeper misses, from 1746.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The position of a player or team left without an opponent when the others are paired is from 1868 in Etymonline and 1883 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In golf the holes left unplayed after a match is decided are from 1887.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-16th century – a side issue.^(SOED 2002)

+ * 1603 – the Bye Plot.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1746 – in cricket.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1868 – a free pass to the next round.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1887 – in golf.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(sport)'' The right to go on to the next round of a [[competition]] without playing, because one has no opponent.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(cricket)'' A run scored from a ball that the batsman has not hit.^(Collins 2023)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(in by the bye)'' A side issue; by the way.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

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+ {{homograph|2|goodbye}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=clipping|attested=1709}}

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The interjection is a shortening of [[goodbye]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Goodbye: 1709.^(Etymonline) The SOED dates it to the early 18th century.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Bye-bye'' in this sense is from 1736.^(Etymonline) As a sound to lull a child to sleep, by-by is much older, from about 1500 (compare [[lullaby]]).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1500 – by-by, a lullaby sound.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1709 – goodbye.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1736 – ''bye-bye''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # ''(informal)'' [[Goodbye]].^(SOED 2002)^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[by]]

+ * [[goodbye]]

+ * [[lullaby]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}