different between bypass vs forgo

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

Alternative forms

• forego (proscribed)

Etymology

From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forg?n (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- +? go.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f????o?/

Verb

forgo (third-person singular simple present forgoes, present participle forgoing, simple past forwent, past participle forgone) (transitive)

1. To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.
2. To do without, to abandon, to renounce.
   • 1986, New York Magazine (volume 19, number 49, page 20)

     You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops.

3. To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.

Quotations

Usage notes

Not to be confused with forego (“go before”), though forego (“do without”) is also sometimes used as an alternative spelling of forgo.

Translations

References

• forgo in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• forgo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• go for