Definitions for goodbye
good·bye

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1. adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long(noun)

   a farewell remark

   "they said their good-byes"

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1. goodbye(Noun)

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

   John gave Rebecca a goodbye to wish her luck on her holiday.

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

2. goodbye(Interjection)

   farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker or writer or person addressed is departing.

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

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1. Goodbye

   "Goodbye" is a song by the Spice Girls, later included on their third studio album, Forever. It was released by Virgin Records on 14 December 1998 as a Christmas single, along with a previously unreleased song, "Christmas Wrapping". The song was written by the Spice Girls, Richard Stannard, and Matt Rowe, and is the group's first song without the vocals of Geri Halliwell.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'goodbye' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4069

How to pronounce goodbye?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say goodbye in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of goodbye in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of goodbye in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of goodbye in a Sentence

1. Dan Wright:

   Funerals are basically about gathering together and celebrating somebody's life and saying goodbye, these things have been impossible to do. Funerals directors... have been reduced to becoming policemen to prevent people from getting together, standing too close, hugging each other.

2. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Anywhere in the world, in every oppressive country, time sooner or later comes and libertarian people sing the same song: Goodbye Mr Dictator! This is a universal law, this is a universal song.

3. Carrie Luft:

   Tragically, the children have not been -- and may never be -- able to say goodbye to their mother, Jennifer, who remains missing, this horrific reality continues, and we ask once again that the privacy of the families and loved ones be honored.

4. Linda Herring:

   I would just love( my foster kids) just like they were my own, probably more than I should, i cried when the kids would leave my home, no matter how long they had been there. It was so hard for me to say goodbye to them. I always questioned,' Why do I keep doing this ?' because it was never easy to say goodbye to a child. But I kept doing it because I had so much love to give to these children in need.

5. Drake Maverick:

   There's a lot of people I'm not gon na get a chance to say goodbye to that I really loved, really cared about.

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