flyover
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈflaɪˌoʊvər/
- UK
:
paso elevado
- The piers of the flyover loomed above us, stained grey concrete plastered.
Examples
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It was on a motorway flyover.
Academic text (2009) -
The new flyover built over the busy intersection significantly reduced traffic congestion.
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Vaughan is waiting for them at the airport flyover.
Fiction book (1996) -
It was on a flyover at the motorway.
Academic text (2009) -
Two minor accidents have caused a massive tailback along the flyover that crosses the entrance tunnel to the airport.
Fiction book (1996) -
Exit 1 on Green Pastures Highway at the Orange Blossom Flyover.
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After construction, the flyover provided a quicker route for commuters traveling to the city center.
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The flyover bridge allowed trains to pass over the highway without stopping traffic below.
Synonyms
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3.4
A bridge that lets one road or railway pass above another
6
7.2
A long bridge that carries a road or railway over low ground like a valley
Compounds
- Offensive
1
8.6
Rural, less populated areas that people often ignore when they travel between big cities
- Offensive
1
7.9
A U.S. state that people often ignore when they travel between big cities on the coast
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flyover comes from the words fly and over, like picturing traffic 'flying over' the road below. That's why a flyover is an elevated road or bridge that carries one road over another.