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English

Etymology

by- +? pass

Alternative forms

• by-pass

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ba?pæs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ba?p??s/
• Hyphenation: by?pass

Noun

bypass (plural bypasses)

1. a road that passes around something, such as a residential area
2. a circumvention
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

Translations

Verb

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

Translations

Related terms

• antibypass
• bypasser
• coronary artery bypass

References

Anagrams

• pass by

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bypass.

Noun

bypass m (plural bypass)

1. bypass

Derived terms

• bypassare (verb)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bypass.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?baj.?p?s/

Noun

bypass m (plural bypasses or bypass)

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

   Synonym: ponte

Spanish

Noun

bypass m (plural bypass)

1. bypass

English

Etymology

From by (adverb) +? gone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ba???n/
• Homophone: bigon (depending on the dialect)

Adjective

bygone (not comparable)

1. Having been or happened in the distant past.

Synonyms

• foregone, historical; see also Thesaurus:past

Translations

Noun

bygone (plural bygones)

1. (usually in the plural) An event that happened in the past.
   • 1881, Pearl Hyem, The fisherman's cove; or, Christianity realised (page 54)

     Jennie Fox watched it with thoughtful pleasure, and the rest were chatting and telling of bygones, enjoying a glass of egg-hot; it being a custom for them to partake of this beverage on this particular night.

Related terms

• let bygones be bygones

Translations

Anagrams

• gone by