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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#m1)

2) A goodbye is the act of saying this: a sad goodbye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#x1)
- Goodbye! See you tomorrow! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#x2)
- We waved goodbye to Dad at the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#x3)
- Saying goodbye to my best friend was very sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#x4)
- It's polite to say goodbye when you hang up the phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#x5)
- We said a last goodbye to our old dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#x6)
- «Goodbye, Miss Clark!» the children called. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#x7)
- Bye-bye, little kitten! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#x8)
- So, goodbye for the present, you will soon see me back.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/17/)
- [A funeral is a ceremony where family and friends say goodbye to someone who has died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/0/)
- ["zhōumò" means the weekend; "zhōumò kuàilè" (happy weekend) is a common Friday goodbye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays/8/)
- [A funeral is when family and friends come together to say goodbye to someone who has died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/16/)
- [When you leave a party you find the host and the birthday child and say goodbye and thank you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goodbye» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodbye/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.