bypass
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈbaɪpæs/
:
circunvalación
- "You should take the bypass, get off just after the river."
- a highway bypass
Examples
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I drive without thinking, hit the bypass around the city, spin west.
Fiction book (1994) -
Villages and towns are crying out for highway bypasses so that local conditions will remain tolerable.
Academic text (1990) -
From time to time, we checked into the Motel 6 out on the Atlanta Bypass.
Academic text (2000) -
The bypass would reduce exposure to out-of-state trucks and buses forced to pass through Delhi.
Academic text (2005) -
We stopped for lunch at Lord Byron's on the Princeton bypass; it's the only place that'll allow a girl with no shoes.
Fiction book (1992) -
The blue dotted line represents the proposed bypass known as the Daniel Boone Parkway.
Blog text (20) -
Pauline Brown has run Mr. Biscuit on the North Dalton Bypass for the past 34 years.
Blog text (17) -
Ordinarily, Marty would've driven home by way of the Turnpike bypass, but that wasn't possible due to the collapse of the bridge over Otter Creek.
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The new bypass will help reduce traffic congestion in the town center.
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Many drivers prefer to use the bypass instead of navigating through the busy streets.
Synonyms
65
4.5
A road that goes around a city to let drivers avoid the center
2
4.3
A road that goes around a city so drivers avoid downtown traffic
2
3.2
A main road that goes around a city to avoid the center
A road that goes around a town or city to carry traffic past it
Antonyms
- US
2
4.1
A wide road that lets cars and trucks travel fast without stoplights or intersections
Compounds
- Specialized
3
4.4
Surgery that uses a blood vessel to carry blood past a blocked heart artery and restore blood flow
- Specialized
1
4.6
A surgery that uses a healthy blood vessel to go around a blocked heart artery and restore blood flow
- Specialized
1
4.2
An operation using a healthy blood vessel to go around a blocked artery in the heart and restore blood flow
- Specialized
A small electronic part that sends fast electrical noise to the ground to keep voltage steady
- Specialized
A small electrical part placed across power lines that lets high frequency noise flow to ground
- Specialized
An operation using small tools and a camera to bypass blocked blood vessels while the heart beats
- Specialized
A surgery that makes food pass around part of the small intestine to cause weight loss
- Specialized
An operation on the heart using small cuts and cameras to bypass blocked arteries while a machine keeps blood moving
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Morphology
Etymology
The word bypass is made of by 'to the side' and pass 'to go past', so a bypass road is one that lets traffic go around a town instead of through it.