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GOOD-BY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A farewell remark
Example:
they said their good-byes
Synonyms:
adieu; adios; arrivederci; au revoir; auf wiedersehen; bye; bye-bye; cheerio; good-by; good-bye; good day; goodby; goodbye; sayonara; so long
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("good-by" is a kind of...):
farewell; word of farewell (an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting)
Context examples:
Having read of his sailing in the morning papers, Bernard Higginbotham, Gertrude, and all the family came to say good-by, as did Hermann von Schmidt and Marian.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I had all my girls to comfort me at home, and his last son was waiting, miles away, to say good-by to him, perhaps!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Now, dear, good-by.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
When she came down, looking like a pretty Quakeress in her dove-colored suit and straw bonnet tied with white, they all gathered about her to say 'good-by', as tenderly as if she had been going to make the grand tour.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Good-by, good-by!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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