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
road
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circumvention
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section of pipe
electrical shunt
alternative passage for a bodily fluid
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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.
- 1606, William Warner, “The Fourteenth Booke. Chapter LXXXII.”, in A Continuance of Albions England: […], London: […] Felix Kyngston [and Richard Bradock?] for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 344:
- More to theyr proper Elements inaugurated none, / Than ſhee to hers by-paſſed, he to his poſſeſſed Throne.
- 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
to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
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to ignore the usual channels or procedures
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Derived terms
- antibypass
- bleach bypass
- bypass air
- bypass duct
- bypasser
- bypass ratio
- coronary artery bypass
References
Anagrams
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bai̯pas̺/ [bai̯.pas̺]
- Rhymes: -ai̯pas̺
Declension
Declension of bypass (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | bypass | bypass-a | bypass-ak |
ergative | bypass-ek | bypass-ak | bypass-ek |
dative | bypass-i | bypass-ari | bypass-ei |
genitive | bypass-en | bypass-aren | bypass-en |
comitative | bypass-ekin | bypass-arekin | bypass-ekin |
causative | bypass-engatik | bypass-arengatik | bypass-engatik |
benefactive | bypass-entzat | bypass-arentzat | bypass-entzat |
instrumental | bypass-ez | bypass-az | bypass-ez |
inessive | bypass-etan | bypass-ean | bypass-etan |
locative | bypass-etako | bypass-eko | bypass-etako |
allative | bypass-etara | bypass-era | bypass-etara |
terminative | bypass-etaraino | bypass-eraino | bypass-etaraino |
directive | bypass-etarantz | bypass-erantz | bypass-etarantz |
destinative | bypass-etarako | bypass-erako | bypass-etarako |
ablative | bypass-etatik | bypass-etik | bypass-etatik |
partitive | bypass-ik | — | — |
prolative | bypass-tzat | — | — |
Further reading
- "bypass" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Italian
Derived terms
- bypassare (verb)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbaj.ˈpɛs/
Romanian
Declension
Declension of bypass
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaipas/ [ˈbai̯.pas]
- Rhymes: -aipas
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
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