intj
goodbye
guud-BEYE
intj
1
A word used to say farewell when someone is leaving.
"She waved goodbye as the train pulled away."
"He said his goodbyes and left the party early."
noun
1
An act of saying farewell.
"Their goodbye at the airport was tearful."
How to Use Goodbye
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe standard word for saying farewell.
Common pairings
say goodbye
wave goodbye
kiss goodbye
Word Forms
goodbyed past tense, goodbyes plural, goodbyes singular
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Etymology
A contraction of the older phrase "God be with ye," gradually shortened over centuries; "God" shifted to "good" by analogy with phrases like "good morning" and "good night."