goodbye

«goodbye» in Mova's school dictionary: what you say when you leave someone or when they leave — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

exclamation (Goodbye!); noun (a goodbye, goodbyes); also good-bye, good-by (USA)

meaning for a pupil

1) Goodbye is what you say when you leave someone or when they leave. tree →

2) A goodbye is the act of saying this: a sad goodbye. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons about manners, saying goodbye politely when you leave a friend's house, a shop or a phone call is good manners: «Goodbye, and thank you for having me». Shorter and more casual: bye, bye-bye, see you, see you later, cheerio (UK), catch you later; in Australia and New Zealand «see ya» or «hooroo» (Aus, old-fashioned). In stories a goodbye can be sad, like moving away or the death of a pet. Phrases: say goodbye, wave goodbye, kiss goodbye, goodbye for now.

examples

• Say goodbye to Grandma before we leave. tree →
• Goodbye! See you tomorrow! tree →
• We waved goodbye to Dad at the station. tree →
• Saying goodbye to my best friend was very sad. tree →
• It's polite to say goodbye when you hang up the phone. tree →
• We said a last goodbye to our old dog. tree →
• «Goodbye, Miss Clark!» the children called. tree →
• Bye-bye, little kitten! tree →
• So, goodbye for the present, you will soon see me back.” tree →

note

Usually one word: «goodbye»; plural «goodbyes». «Say goodbye to someone». Ordinary goodbye is informal enough for all situations; «bye» is more casual. «Goodbye» comes from an old phrase meaning «God be with you».

In the corpora

• Moving means packing everything, doing paperwork and saying goodbye all at once, so it is very stressful.
• A funeral is a ceremony where family and friends say goodbye to someone who has died.
• "zhōumò" means the weekend; "zhōumò kuàilè" (happy weekend) is a common Friday goodbye.
• A funeral is when family and friends come together to say goodbye to someone who has died.
• When you leave a party you find the host and the birthday child and say goodbye and thank you.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «goodbye» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.