EnglishEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- +‎ pass.

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bypass (plural bypasses)

  1. A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
  2. The act of going past or around.
  3. A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
  4. An electrical shunt.
  5. (medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

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VerbEdit

bypass (third-person singular simple present bypasses, present participle bypassing, simple past and past participle bypassed)

  1. To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
  2. To ignore the usual channels or procedures.
    • 1948 December 15, “Peace Talks”, in Evening Examiner[1], 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.

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

NounEdit

bypass m

  1. bypass

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

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bypass m (plural bypasses or bypass)

  1. (medicine) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ)
    Synonym: ponte

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

NounEdit

bypass n (plural bypassuri)

  1. (medicine) bypass

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SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

bypass m (plural bypass)

  1. bypass

Usage notesEdit

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.

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