bypass

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈbaɪˌpɑːs/ 🇺🇸 /ˈbaɪˌpæs/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A road or route that diverts traffic around a town, city, or congested area to avoid the center.; A surgical procedure in which a section of a blood vessel or other tubular structure is rerouted to avoid a blockage or damaged area, especially a coronary artery bypass.; A secondary channel, pipe, or passage that allows fluid or electrical current to flow around a component or section of a system.; An electrical circuit or path that provides an alternative route for current, often used to shunt signals around a component.
  2. verb
    To go around or avoid something, especially an obstacle, restriction, or congested area.; To circumvent or disregard a rule, procedure, authority, or system, often in an unauthorized or unofficial manner.; To perform a surgical bypass on a patient, rerouting a blood vessel or other structure around a blockage.; To provide a secondary path for fluid, gas, or electrical current to flow around a component in a system.; To ignore or pass over someone or something, especially in a sequence of selection or consideration.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: bypasses 3rd sing.: bypasses Past: bypassed Past part.: bypassed Pres part.: bypassing

Collocations

bypass surgeryheart bypassbypass the systembypass securitybypass a roadcoronary bypass

Derivatives

bypassable

Synonyms

circumventavoidsidestepskirtdetourgo around

Antonyms

confrontfaceencounter

Commonly confused

by-pass
EN: 'By-pass' is an older hyphenated variant of 'bypass'; modern standard usage favors the single unhyphenated form.
bypath
EN: 'Bypath' means a secluded or indirect path, not a route that avoids something; it is much less common.

Spelling tips

EN: Write 'bypass' as one word without a hyphen in modern English; the hyphenated form 'by-pass' is now considered archaic.

💬 Examples

  1. The new bypass around the city center has significantly reduced traffic congestion.

  2. After his heart attack, the patient underwent a quadruple bypass surgery.

  3. The engineer installed a bypass valve to allow water to flow around the filter during maintenance.

  4. A capacitor was added as a bypass to filter out high-frequency noise from the power supply.

  5. Drivers were advised to bypass the accident site by taking the alternate route.

  6. The manager was accused of bypassing company protocol to approve the contract directly.

  7. The surgeon decided to bypass the blocked artery using a vein graft from the patient's leg.

  8. The technician bypassed the faulty valve to keep the system running temporarily.

  9. The committee bypassed several qualified candidates and chose an outsider for the position.