goodbye

• good-by, goodby (dated)
• good-bye
• good bye
• g'bye (colloquial)
• bye, 'bye (informal)

From earlier goodby, Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you, each a progressively shorter contraction of "God be with ye" or "God be with you". Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good day, etc.

• enPR: go͝odbīʹ, IPA^(key): /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/

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• (also General American) IPA^(key): /ɡədˈbaɪ/, /ɡəˈbaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

goodbye

1. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
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     Goodbye! - Goodbye, Anna.

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• (formal): adieu, farewell
• (informal): bye, bye-bye, catch you later, mind how you go, see ya, see you, see you in the funny papers (US, informal, dated), so long, ta ta, tatty bye, toodeloo, toodles, TTFN, ttyl
• (slang): buh-bye, cya, hasta la vista, later, laters, keep it real, peace, peace out, take it easy, catch you on the flip side
• adios, arrivederci, au revoir, do svidanya/do svidaniya, sayonara
• (UK, informal): cheerio, cheers, cheery-bye, toodle pip (dated)
• See also: Thesaurus:goodbye

• aloha
• ciao

• good night (during night)

• good riddance

• Japanese: グッドバイ (guddobai), グッバイ (gubbai)
• Afrikaans: koebaai (informal), baai (informal)

• see you later
• arrivederci, au revoir

• good afternoon, (at midday)
• good day (during day)
• good eve, good evening (during the evening)
• good morn, good morning (during the morning)

goodbye (plural goodbyes)

1. An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.

   They made their good-byes.

   We have time for a short goodbye.

goodbye (third-person singular simple present goodbyes, present participle goodbying or goodbyeing, simple past and past participle goodbyed)

1. To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.