bypass
pronunciation
How to pronounce bypass in British English:
UK [ˈbaɪpɑːs]
How to pronounce bypass in American English:
US [ˈbaɪpæs]
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- Noun:
- a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town
- a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
- a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
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- Verb:
- avoid something unpleasant or laborious
Word Origin
- bypass (n.)
- also by-pass, 1848, of certain pipes in a gasworks, from by + pass (n.). First used 1922 for "road for the relief of congestion;" figurative sense is from 1928. The heart operation was first so called 1957.
- bypass (v.)
- 1823, "to pass by" (implied in bypassed), from bypass (n.). From 1928 as "to go around, avoid;" figurative use from 1941. Related: Bypassed; bypassing.
Example
- 1. Push up to the front or bypass the queue .
- 2. Unions fret that walmart will bypass local suppliers and buy cheap goods from abroad .
- 3. Fortunately , we can bypass intestinal absorption entirely by taking b12 sublingually .
- 4. I decided to bypass the rejection game and take that route with lycopolis .
- 5. One big jailbreak advantage is that it allows you to bypass the g1 's internal storage .