{
    "term": "goodbye",
    "partOfSpeech": "exclamation, noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are leaving somebody or when somebody else is leaving",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Goodbye! It was great to meet you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She didn't even **say goodbye** to her mother."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Say goodbye to Mary for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **waved** them **goodbye**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've already said our goodbyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Kiss** me **goodbye**!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take out our service contract and say goodbye to costly repair bills."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to accept that you will lose something or be unable to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Well, you can kiss goodbye to your chances of promotion."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/",
                "audio": "go/goodbye/goodbye__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ/",
                "audio": "go/goodbye/goodbye__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: contraction of God be with you!, with good substituted on the pattern of phrases such as good morning."
}