Bye vs. Cya — What's the Difference?

The transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent

(Internet slang) see ya

A run scored from a ball that passes the batsman without being hit (recorded as an extra, not credited to the individual batsman).

One or more holes remaining unplayed after a match has been decided.

Short for goodbye

A secondary matter; a side issue.

(Sports) The position of one who draws no opponent for a round in a tournament and so advances to the next round.

Used to express farewell.

The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.

(cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.

(obsolete) A thing not directly aimed at; a secondary or subsidiary object, course, path, undertaking, issue, etc.

(Scotland) An unspecified way or place.

(card games) A pass.

Obsolete spelling of bee

Out of the way; remote.

Secondary; supplementary.

(colloquial) Goodbye.

Obsolete spelling of by

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.

A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.

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.

The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.

A dwelling.

In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.

You advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent;

A farewell remark;