bypass
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bypass
- /ˈbaɪpæs/ US
- /ˈbaɪpɑːs/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass.
noun bypasses · by-pass
- A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
- A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
- The act of going past or around.
- A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
- An electrical shunt.
- An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass. Five of the 16 patients required simultaneous FF bypass and iliaco-femoral bypass; 2, required simultaneous FF bypass and iliac thrombo-endoarterectomy (Table II).
verb bypasses · bypassing · bypassed · by-pass
- To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
- To ignore the usual channels or procedures. More to theyr proper Elements inaugurated none, / Than ſhee to hers by-paſſed, he to his poſſeſſed Throne.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ring road, go around, short-circuit, circumferential, get around, keep off, overtake, drift, jump, decking, skip, bend, by-pass, pass over, hijacking, sidestep
Translations
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noun road
| Español | variante, libramiento |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 迂回路 ukairo, バイパス baipasu |
| Português | desvio, contorno |
| Français | déviation, contournement, rocade |
| Deutsch | Umgehungsstraße |
| Ελληνικά | πάροδος párodos, πλάγια οδός plágia odós, παρακαμπτήριος parakamptírios |
| Română | deviație, ocolire |
| Русский | обходно́й путь obxodnój putʹ, обходна́я доро́га obxodnája doróga |
noun circumvention
| Español | puenteo, baipás, bypass |
|---|---|
| Português | desvio |
| Français | contournement |
| Deutsch | Umgehung |
| Ελληνικά | παράκαμψη parákampsi, καταστρατήγηση katastratígisi |
| Русский | обхо́д obxód |
noun section of pipe
| Русский | байпа́с bajpás |
|---|
noun alternative passage for a bodily fluid
| Español | baipás, bypass |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | バイパス baipasu |
| 中文 | 搭橋 /搭桥 dāqiáo |
| Português | ponte, bypass |
| Français | pontage, dérivation |
| Deutsch | Bypass |
| Ελληνικά | παράκαμψη parákampsi, αορτοστεφανιαία παράκαμψη aortostefaniaía parákampsi |
| Русский | шунтирование šuntirovanije, байпа́с bajpás, экстракорпоральное кровообращение ekstrakorporalʹnoje krovoobraščenije |
verb to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
| Español | baipasear, bypasear |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 迂回する ukai-suru |
| Português | contornar |
| Français | contourner |
| Deutsch | umgehen, ausweichen |
| Italiano | aggirare, evitare, scavalcare, bypassare |
| Ελληνικά | παρακάμπτω parakámpto |
| עברית | עָקַף |
verb to ignore the usual channels or procedures
| Español | puentear, baipasear, bypasear |
|---|---|
| Português | contornar |
| Français | contourner, passer outre |
| Italiano | ignorare, bypassare |
| Ελληνικά | παρακάμπτω parakámpto |
Talk about this word "bypass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bypass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bypass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bypass "bypass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bypass.Cite this
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title = {bypass},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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