to overpass
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3.5
- verb
- /ˈoʊvərˌpæs/
- US
:
pasar por encima de
- Above the dining room was Mrs. Melville's bedroom, pleasant and south-facing, catching the overpassing sun.
Examples
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He went to the rim and scored a couple of buckets, made a couple of jumpers, and I thought he really tried to get his teammates involved, although he did overpass it a little, at one point causing two three-second violations in a row on his bigs because he didn't shoot open shots that they expected him to.
Blog text (33) -
Hubble's overall work slipped a little, and his average for his last two years was only B-, well overpassing; however, he received his Bachelor of Science degree at the end of March 1910, with enough credits to skip the spring quarter of his senior year.
Academic text (1990) -
I long sometimes for a power of vision that would overpass it.
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There's a security office overpass the restaurant.
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- I overpass city and I can't get over there.
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And the thing that we actually do where it's like you got a freeway and then an exit to then go on, to then go on an overpass onto another freeway.
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Winslow overpass.
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Holler leads into the section with this quote from Federalist No. 33: "If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify."
Blog text (25) -
The train will overpass the highway, providing a scenic view from above.
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As she drove, the car overpassed the pedestrian bridge gracefully.
Synonyms
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3.3
Move across something like a river or mountain
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3.3
To move across a place, often above the ground
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3.1
To make a way across an obstacle by building a structure
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8.0
To jump across an obstacle like a fence or wall
To cross something like a mountain or river
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overpass comes from the parts over ('above') and pass ('to go by'), so as a verb it simply means to 'go over' something. That's why to overpass often means to cross above a road or tracks, for example by using a bridge or raised path.