English Explanatory Dictionary

bypass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
  2. A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
  3. The act of going past or around.
  4. A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
  5. An electrical shunt.
  6. An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.
verb
  1. To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
  2. To ignore the usual channels or procedures.

Pronunciation

/ˈbaɪpæs/ /ˈbaɪpɑːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bypass.wav

Word forms

bypass bypasses by-pass bypassing bypassed

Etymology

From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass.

Derived words

bypassability bypassable microbypass postbypass prebypass spiritual bypass bypass duct unbypassed antibypass bleach bypass bypass air bypasser bypass ratio coronary artery bypass

Translations

Bulgarian: обиколен път Catalan: apartador Catalan: variant Catalan: camí secundari Catalan: ronda (carretera) Czech: obchvat Danish: omfartsvej Dutch: wegomleiding Dutch: rondweg Dutch: sluipweg Finnish: ohikulkutie Finnish: ohitustie French: déviation French: contournement French: rocade Galician: variante German: Umgehungsstraße Greek: πάροδος Greek: πλάγια οδός Greek: παρακαμπτήριος Hungarian: elkerülő út Hungarian: kerülőút Hungarian: terelőút Indonesian: jalan lingkar Indonesian: jalan elak Indonesian: by-pass Irish: seachbhealach Irish: seachbhóthar Irish: seachród Japanese: 迂回路 Japanese: バイパス Latvian: apvedceļš Malay: pintasan Māori: ara autaki Persian: کنارگذر Polish: obwodnica Portuguese: desvio Portuguese: contorno Romanian: deviație Romanian: ocolire Russian: обходно́й путь Russian: обходна́я доро́га Spanish: variante Spanish: libramiento Swedish: förbifart Swedish: kringled Swedish: förbifartsled Swedish: omfartsväg Welsh: ffordd osgoi
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