Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bahy]
- /baɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [bahy]
- /baɪ/
Definitions of byer word
- noun byer Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round: The top three seeded players received byes in the first round. 1
- noun byer Golf. the holes of a stipulated course still unplayed after the match is finished. 1
- noun byer Cricket. a run made on a ball not struck by the batsman. 1
- noun byer something subsidiary, secondary, or out of the way. 1
- abbreviation BYER by1 . 1
- idioms byer by the bye, by the way; incidentally: By the bye, how do you spell your name? Also, by the by. 1
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Origin of byer
First appearance:
before 1710 One of the 50% oldest English words
1710-20; variant spelling of by1 in its noun sense “side way”
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Byer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
byer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".