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bypass

Or by-pass

[bahy-pas, -pahs]

noun

  1. a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.

  2. a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance.

  3. Electricity.shunt.

  4. a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented.



verb (used with object)

bypassed , bypast, bypassed, bypast, bypassing. .
  1. to avoid (an obstruction, city, etc.) by following a bypass.

  2. to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or bypass.

  3. to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of.

    He bypassed the foreman and took his grievance straight to the owner.

bypass

/ ˈɪˌɑː /

noun

  1. a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area

  2. any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid

  3. a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass

  4. surgery

    1. the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery See coronary bypass

    2. ( as modifier )

      bypass surgery

  5. electronics

    1. an electrical circuit, esp one containing a capacitor, connected in parallel around one or more components, providing an alternative path for certain frequencies

    2. ( as modifier )

      a bypass capacitor

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc)

  2. to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass

  3. to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bypass

  1. A passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or to circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • bypasser noun
  • by-passer noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bypass1

1840–50; apparently back formation from by-passage; by (adj.), passage 1
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The foundation, which uses armed American security contractors, bypasses the UN as the main supplier of aid in Gaza.

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The GHF is a controversial Israel- and US-backed group that aims to bypass the UN as the main supplier of aid to Palestinians.

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The GHF, which uses US private security contractors, aims to bypass the UN as the main supplier of aid to Gaza's 2.1 million population.

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The GHF, which uses US private security contractors, aims to bypass the UN as the main supplier of aid to Palestinians.

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The president could get around this prohibition by invoking the Insurrection Act, which also allows the president to bypass state and local leaders in deploying National Guard troops.

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