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'bye

'bye interjection: goodbye: used when the speaker or addressee is departing.

Interjection

  1. (informal) Goodbye: used when the speaker or addressee is departing.
    • Sure. Okay, ’bye. — ‘Bye.2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

Origin of 'bye

Abbreviation of goodbye.

Questions about 'bye

What does 'bye mean?
'bye means goodbye: used when the speaker or addressee is departing.
What part of speech is 'bye?
'bye is an interjection.

Words near 'bye in the dictionary

  1. 'burb
  2. 'burbs
  3. 'bus
  4. 'buses
  5. 'busses
  6. 'bye
  7. 'cause
  8. 'celli
  9. 'cello
  10. 'cellos
  11. 'cept

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