Used in a Sentence

goodbye

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for goodbye.

Editorial note

Their goodbye took forever and when she finally got in my car, she pulled out her cell phone.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of goodbye gathered in one view.

verb

To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.

noun

An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for goodbye.

Example sentences

1

Their goodbye took forever and when she finally got in my car, she pulled out her cell phone.

2

A typical project lasts between 6 and 9 months—say goodbye to getting stuck doing the same shit!

3

In my 6 months there I went to at least 4 goodbye parties for laid off contract workers.

4

Yes, definitely leave it open until you talk to them, and for however long you allow them to say goodbye and tie up loose ends.

5

If this is really true, I will consider ebaying my droid, coughing up the $150 cancellation fee and saying goodbye to Verizon forever.

6

No one should expect their accounts to remain unlocked for long, but long enough to close out any open threads and say goodbye is just being respectful.

7

That's the basic answer about the 46 -- good at its creation, one hell of an airframe, lasted longer than it should have by all rights, but it is just time to say goodbye.

8

Meanwhile this is my primary gaming box (yes, it actually is quite a nice machine GPU-wise) so I guess I can say goodbye to PC gaming until Apple is gracious enough to provide me with an updated driver.

9

If we ever hit crunch mode, say goodbye to your weekends!' The only thing I can think of is to show them that everybody goes home at 5pm by having the 3/4 day onsite start later in the day and end at the same time everybody goes home.

Quote examples

1

And as someone from a place with no "ZIP codes" or postcodes (Hong Kong): goodbye.

2

Maybe it was a marketing stunt just posting "Goodbye"...

3

Goodbye, troll." That is not a "troll" statement, nor a "psychopath" statement.

4

Actually, I wrote a small "goodbye letter" to MongoDB on HN in the past: "You got your chance, Mongo, and you screwed it up.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use goodbye in a sentence?

Their goodbye took forever and when she finally got in my car, she pulled out her cell phone.

What does goodbye mean?

To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.

What part of speech is goodbye?

goodbye is commonly used as verb, noun.