BYE WEEK | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of bye week in English bye weeknoun [ C ] uk /ˈbaɪ ˌwiːk/ us /ˈbaɪ ˌwiːk/ Add to word list Add to word list in sports, especially American football, a week during the playing season in which a team does not play a game Competing in sport

• amateur league
• berth
• bring
• bring someone on phrasal verb
• bye
• compete for something
• contention
• distance
• gear
• match
• outduel
• park the bus idiom
• partner up phrasal verb
• play big idiom
• play sb on idiom
• race
• sideline
• slump
• square
• step/move up a gear idiom

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Examples of bye week

bye week Under the current playoff structure, the top eight teams are all seeded, and receive a bye week in the first round. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They had a bye week for the first round of the playoffs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These black jerseys have been worn for two selected home games each season (usually the first home game after bye week and season finale). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Wisconsin entered after a bye week, having lost two games in a row. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dalton started the remainder of the regular season, going 5-5 in his final games after the bye week. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was a 19-week schedule that included 18 regular-season games and one bye week for each team. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His wife was also featured on the segment after a bye week. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In round one teams split into two pools and played everybody in their pool as well as a bye week. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In order to account for the uneven number of teams, each team was required to have a bye week during the exhibition season. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Week 10 was originally set to be the team's bye week. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They started the season 07, before adding 63 after their bye week. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were able to accomplish this feat without even stepping foot on the field, as they had their bye week this weekend. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bye week are scheduled for rounds 4-6 and 11-12. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This meant that minor premier was given a second consecutive bye week, giving them three weeks between games. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The league, when it was planning for six teams, intended for a 10-game regular season over 11 weeks (one bye week for each team). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of bye week These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of bye week?

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in Chinese (Traditional) （體育比賽，特別是美式橄欖球的）輪休週… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （体育比赛，特别是美式橄榄球的）轮休周… See more Need a translator?

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