Matthew stood by me during the concert.
I will buy you a cookie if you’re nice.
“Bye, Elijah!” Joey yelled across the parking lot.
Corinne’s baseball team was given a bye in the first round of the tournament.
By vs. Buy vs. Bye
By can take on many meanings, including “near,” “according to,” and “not later than.”
Buy means “purchase.”
Bye has two meanings:
- Most commonly, it’s used as an abbreviation for “goodbye.”
- Less commonly, in sports, a “bye” means that an individual or team can skip a round in a competition.
Examples