bypass
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪpæs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪpɑːs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: by‧pass
Noun
bypass (plural bypasses)
- A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
- The act of going past or around.
- A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
- An electrical shunt.
- (medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.
Translations
|
|
|
Verb
bypass (third-person singular simple present bypasses, present participle bypassing, simple past and past participle bypassed)
- To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
- To ignore the usual channels or procedures.
- 1948 December 15, “Peace Talks”, in Evening Examiner, volume XCVII, number 139, Petersborough, page 2, column 1:
- Another force, also from the east, has by-passed Peiping and is striking southward. It apparently intends to swing eastward to form a junction, which probably will be effected near Langfang, on the railroad 30 miles southeast of Peiping.
- 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52:
- Thanks to Brexit, many ferry companies now run direct from Ireland to the EU mainland, bypassing UK ports such as Fishguard, with an impact on traffic.
Translations
|
|
Derived terms
- antibypass
- bleach bypass
- bypass air
- bypass duct
- bypasser
- bypass ratio
- coronary artery bypass
References
Anagrams
Basque
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bai̯pas̺/ [bai̯.pas̺]
- Rhymes: -ai̯pas̺
Noun
bypass inan
- (medicine) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- "bypass" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Italian
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Noun
bypass m
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- bypassare (verb)
Portuguese
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbaj.ˈpɛs/
Romanian
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Noun
bypass n (plural bypassuri)
- (medicine) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | bypassul | (niște) bypassuri | bypassurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | bypassului | (unor) bypassuri | bypassurilor |
vocative | bypassule | bypassurilor |
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaipas/ [ˈbai̯.pas]
- Rhymes: -aipas
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “bypass”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014