bypass

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bypass

The new highway bypass allows traffic to avoid the city center.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current: In electrical engineering, a "bypass" is a component that provides an alternative path for electric current.
    • A surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part): In medicine, a "bypass" is a procedure that creates a new pathway for the flow of bodily fluids, such as blood, around a blocked or damaged area.
    • A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center: A "bypass" is a road built to enable traffic to go around a town or city center rather than through it.

  2. Verb:

    • To avoid something unpleasant or laborious: To "bypass" means to go around or avoid something, such as a rule, a problem, or a physical obstacle.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The engineer installed a bypass to protect the main circuit.
    • After his heart attack, he had to undergo a coronary artery bypass.
    • Take the new bypass to avoid the downtown traffic jams.

  • Verb:

    • We managed to bypass the long queue by using the express lane.
    • The new software allows users to bypass the login screen for faster access.
    • You cannot bypass these rules!
Advanced Usage

  • "To bypass the system": to find a way to avoid the usual procedures or controls.

    • Hackers attempted to bypass the system's security protocols.

  • "A gastric bypass": a specific type of weight-loss surgery that creates a new, smaller stomach pouch and reroutes the small intestine.

    • She considered having a gastric bypass to help with her health issues.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bypasser (n): One who or that which bypasses. (Rare)
  • Bypassable (adj): Capable of being bypassed.
    • The security flaw made the network temporarily bypassable.
Synonyms
  • Noun (road): Beltway, ring road, circumferential highway.
  • Verb (avoid): Circumvent, skirt, evade, sidestep.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(The word 'bypass' itself is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically contained within the single verb.)

Related Idioms
  • "To take the bypass": Literally, to use the bypass road; figuratively, to choose an easier or alternative method.
    • When the main road was closed, we had to take the bypass.
    • Instead of confronting the issue directly, he always tries to take the bypass.
bypass

The new highway bypass allows traffic to avoid the city center.

Noun
  1. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
  2. a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
  3. a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
Verb
  1. avoid something unpleasant or laborious
    • You cannot bypass these rules!

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