bypass1 nounbypass2 verb
bypassby‧pass1 /ˈbaɪpɑːs $ -pæs/ noun [countable] 
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- Another bypass was cut; it too silted up.
- By 1904, however, the artificial channel had already silted up, and a bypass had to be cut.
- I am grateful for his congratulations to the Government on the completion of the Chelmsford bypass.
- People with kidney failure are increasingly undergoing bypass and vessel-opening procedures.
- The defeated bypass proposal was unveiled by parish councillor Edward Lucas.
- The first is following the opening of the bypass, but prior to the improvement of Woolmer Road.
- The normal gastric mucosa can prevent bypass diffusion of potentially noxious substances from the gastric lumen.
- The railway station has been re-sited down the line to make room for the town's bypass.
THESAURUS► operation
Collocations noun [countable] the process of cutting into someone’s body to repair or remove a part that is damaged: · He had an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.
► procedure noun [countable] an operation performed in a particular way on a particular part of the body. Procedure is used especially in medical English, for example by doctors and people who work in hospitals. In everyday English people usually say operation: · a common surgical procedure· The procedure normally only takes a few minutes.
► transplant noun [countable] an operation to remove an organ from one person’s body and put it into another person’s body: · There is a shortage of donors for heart transplants.· She had to have a kidney transplant.
► surgery noun [uncountable] medical treatment involving an operation: · She required surgery on her right knee.· He was taken in for surgery.
► plastic surgery noun [uncountable] surgery to improve someone’s appearance: · The singer has just had plastic surgery on her nose.
► bypass noun [countable] an operation to make someone’s blood flow past a part of their heart that is blocked or damaged, often using a vein that has been removed from another part of their body: · He went into hospital for a triple heart bypass.
► skin graft an operation to repair an area of skin that has been badly damaged, especially using skin from another part of someone’s body: · Her leg was severely burned and may require a skin graft.
types of road► road a hard surface for cars, buses etc to drive on: · They’re planning to build a new road.· My address is 42, Station Road.
► street a road in a town, with houses or shops on each side: · She lives on our street.· We walked along the streets of the old town.· Oxford Street is one of Europe’s busiest shopping areas.· He was stopped by the police, driving the wrong way down a one-way street.· Turn left on Main Street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in American English).· These days the same shops are on every high street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in British English).
► avenue a road in a town, often with trees on each side: · the busy avenue in front of the cathedral· He lived on Park Avenue.
► boulevard a wide road in a city or town – used especially in street names in the US, France etc. In the UK, streets are usually called avenue rather than boulevard: · the world-famous Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
► lane a narrow road in the country: · a winding country lane
► cul-de-sac a short street which is closed at one end: · The house is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in North Oxford.
► track especially British English, dirt road American English a narrow road in the country, usually without a hard surface: · The farm was down a bumpy track.
► ring road British English a road that goes around a town: · The airport is on the ring road.
► bypass British English a road that goes past a town, allowing traffic to avoid the centre: · The bypass would take heavy traffic out of the old city centre.
► dual carriageway British English, divided highway American English a road with a barrier or strip of land in the middle that has lines of traffic travelling in each direction: · I waited until we were on the dual carriageway before I overtook him.
► freeway/expressway American English a very wide road in a city or between cities, on which cars can travel very fast without stopping: · Take the Hollywood Freeway (101) south, exit at Vine Street and drive east on Franklin Avenue.· Over on the side of the expressway, he saw an enormous sedan, up against a stone wall.
► motorway British English, highway American English a very wide road for travelling fast over long distances: · The speed limit on the motorway is 70 miles an hour.· the Pacific Coast Highway
► interstate American English a road for fast traffic that goes between states: · The accident happened on Interstate 84, about 10 miles east of Hartford.
► toll road a road that you pay to use: · The government is planning to introduce toll roads, in an effort to cut traffic congestion.
► turnpike American English a large road for fast traffic that you pay to use: · He dropped her off at an entrance to the New Jersey Turnpike.
WORD SETS► Roadsarterial, adjectiveartery, nounasphalt, nounAve., avenue, nounballast, nounbarricade, nounBelisha beacon, nounbeltway, nounbitumen, nounblacktop, nounblind alley, nounblind spot, nounBlvd., bollard, nounbottleneck, nounboulevard, nounbox junction, nounbus lane, nounbus shelter, nounbus stop, nounbypass, nounbypass, verbbyway, nouncamber, nouncarriageway, nounCatseye, nouncauseway, nouncentral reservation, nounchicane, nounchippings, nouncircus, nounclose, nouncloverleaf, nouncobble, verbcobble, nouncobbled, adjectivecobblestone, nouncone, nouncontraflow, nouncorner, nouncorniche, nouncrash barrier, nouncrawler lane, nouncrescent, nouncrossing, nouncrossroads, nouncross street, nouncrosswalk, nouncul-de-sac, nouncurb, noundead end, noundirt road, noundiversion, noundivided highway, noundogleg, nounDr, dual carriageway, nounesplanade, nounexit, nounexpress, adjectiveexpressway, nounfast lane, nounflyover, nounfootbridge, nounfreeway, nounfwy., gradient, noungravelled, adjectivegridlock, noungrit, noungrit, verbgutter, nounhairpin bend, nounhard shoulder, nounheadroom, nounhedgerow, nounhigh road, nounhighway, nounhill, nounhump-backed bridge, nouninterchange, nounintersect, verbintersection, nouninterstate, nounkerb, nounlamp-post, nounlane, nounlay-by, nounlevel crossing, nounmacadam, nounmain road, nounmanhole, nounmedian, nounmeter maid, nounmews, nounmilestone, nounmini-roundabout, nounmotorway, nounnegotiable, adjectiveoff-ramp, nounoff-road, adjectiveone-way, adjectiveon-ramp, nounorbital, adjectiveparade, nounparkway, nounpath, nounpathway, nounpave, verbpavement, nounpedestrian, nounpedestrian, adjectivepedestrian crossing, nounpedestrianize, verbpedestrian precinct, nounpelican crossing, nounpiazza, nounpike, nounPk, Pl., plaza, nounpoint, nounpothole, nounpromenade, nounramp, nounRd., rest area, nounresurface, verbright of way, nounring road, nounroad, nounroadblock, nounroad sign, nounroad tax, nounroadway, nounroadworks, nounroundabout, nounrush hour, nounrut, nounrutted, adjectiveS-bend, nounS-curve, nounservice area, nounservice station, nounshoulder, nounsidewalk, nounsignpost, nounsingle track road, nounsleeping policeman, nounslip road, nounsnow route, nounsoft shoulder, nounspeed bump, nounspeed limit, nounspur, nounSt, stoplight, nounstreet, nounstreetcar, nounstreetlight, nounstrip, nounsubway, nounsuperhighway, nounsuspension bridge, nounswitchback, nountar, nountar, verbtarmac, nountarmac, verbtaxi rank, nounterminus, nounthoroughfare, nounthroughway, nounthruway, nounT-junction, nountoll, nountollbooth, nountoll bridge, nountollgate, nountoll road, nountollway, nountowaway zone, nountraffic, nountraffic calming, nountraffic circle, nountraffic cone, nountraffic island, nountraffic lights, nountraffic warden, nountramlines, nountruck stop, nountrunk road, nounturn, nounturning, nounturn-off, nounturnout, nounturnpike, noununderpass, nounway, nounwayside, nounweighbridge, nounyellow line, nounzebra crossing, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► coronary
1(heart) bypass operation/surgery an operation to direct blood through new veins (=blood tubes) outside the heart because the veins in the heart are blocked or diseased: · Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?· Contracting arrangements Editor, - B Olsburgh raises the question of rational distribution of health care resources in relation to coronary artery bypass grafting.· Day had a coronary bypass, and he suffered from breathing problems, often evident when he was on the air.· Data for coronary revascularisation are limited to coronary artery bypass surgery; results of percutaneous coronary angioplasty are not yet available.· They are also planning to study the treatment in coronary artery bypasses.· Despite two coronary bypasses, he's now strangled with anoxic pain, face grey, clutching his throat.
► new· The mile-long tunnel will carry the new A3 Hindhead bypass under the bowl.· The cost for Helen Kimble of a proposed new bypass near her home in north Oxford would be her house.· But the Cotswold valley that made the property so attractive will soon be the route of a new bypass.· The plan includes 24 new bypasses and relief roads, 3,400 safety schemes and measures to reduce jams.· And it is generally felt that traffic will get heavier when the new A3 Petersfield bypass opens.
► quintuple· Yeltsin underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery on Nov. 5.· After a quintuple bypass operation five years ago after a heart attack, Fuentes made walking part of his routine.
► triple· His son underwent a triple heart bypass operation earlier this year.· At age 34, Payne underwent triple bypass surgery.· He had just undergone a heart triple bypass.· Mr Souness is expected to have a triple bypass operation later today to relieve the narrowing or blocking of his arteries.
NOUN► artery· Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?· Contracting arrangements Editor, - B Olsburgh raises the question of rational distribution of health care resources in relation to coronary artery bypass grafting.· They are also planning to study the treatment in coronary artery bypasses.· Data for coronary revascularisation are limited to coronary artery bypass surgery; results of percutaneous coronary angioplasty are not yet available.
► heart· Twenty four hours earlier, Liverpool manager Graeme Souness had been discharged from hospital after a heart bypass.· Yeltsin underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery on Nov. 5.· His son underwent a triple heart bypass operation earlier this year.· He recently endured a five-way heart bypass.· Medicare pays $ X for each kidney dialysis, $ Y for a double heart bypass.
► operation· His son underwent a triple heart bypass operation earlier this year.· My doctors performed a bypass operation to clear away a blockage in the blood vessels that supply my heart.· Ashe, now 48, underwent a quadruple bypass operation after a heart attack at the age of 35.· After a quintuple bypass operation five years ago after a heart attack, Fuentes made walking part of his routine.· He had to have a bypass operation.· Mr Souness is expected to have a triple bypass operation later today to relieve the narrowing or blocking of his arteries.
► surgery· Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?· Yeltsin underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery on Nov. 5.· Would either of them have avoided bypass surgery if they had not been top athletes?· About 300, 000 patients undergo bypass surgery annually, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.· When the only alternative was standard bypass surgery, most might have gone with angioplasty.· Yeltsin, 66, suffers from heart problems, recently underwent bypass surgery and was stricken with pneumonia last month.
VERB► build· The county council plans to build a bypass so that the A148 will no longer bisect the conservation village of Letheringsett.· Proposals to build a bypass were first introduced in 1986.· We'd like the people who want to build the bypass to visit the moss.
► undergo· His son underwent a triple heart bypass operation earlier this year.· People with kidney failure are increasingly undergoing bypass and vessel-opening procedures.· Ashe, now 48, underwent a quadruple bypass operation after a heart attack at the age of 35.· Yeltsin underwent quintuple heart bypass surgery on Nov. 5.· He had just undergone a heart triple bypass.· About 300, 000 patients undergo bypass surgery annually, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.· Yeltsin, 66, suffers from heart problems, recently underwent bypass surgery and was stricken with pneumonia last month.
a triple heart bypass operation2a road that goes around a town or other busy area rather than through it → ring road3 technical a tube that allows gas or liquid to flow around something rather than through itbypass1 nounbypass2 verb
bypassbypass2 verb [transitive] Verb TableVERB TABLE
bypass
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | bypass |
| he, she, it | bypasses | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bypassed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bypassed |
| he, she, it | has bypassed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bypassed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bypass |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bypassed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am bypassing |
| he, she, it | is bypassing | |
| you, we, they | are bypassing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was bypassing |
| you, we, they | were bypassing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bypassing |
| he, she, it | has been bypassing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bypassing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bypassing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bypassing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- The card allows you to bypass long lines at the bank.
- There should be no way of bypassing the security measures on the computer.
- This highway bypasses the downtown area.
- An increasing amount of share trading, particularly in international shares, was bypassing the floor of the Stock Exchange.
- Institutions that obstruct the popular will or stand between it and the actions of government get bypassed.
- Mark Souder and John Hostettler, also of Indiana, did not, and the speaker will now bypass their fund-raisers.
- More often than not, however, Blue will bypass the bar and go to the movie theater several blocks away.
- Noteworthy also during this period was the growing number of inter-republic contacts, treaties and agreements bypassing central control.
- Or bypass him and go directly to each home site and sign up there.
- The builder, a developer from New Jersey, flew in his own construction crew, bypassing the local carpenters.
- To bypass ministerial demarcation lines, several territorial production complexes have been set up.
WORD SETS► Roads
1to go around a town or other busy place rather than through it: arterial, adjectiveartery, nounasphalt, nounAve., avenue, nounballast, nounbarricade, nounBelisha beacon, nounbeltway, nounbitumen, nounblacktop, nounblind alley, nounblind spot, nounBlvd., bollard, nounbottleneck, nounboulevard, nounbox junction, nounbus lane, nounbus shelter, nounbus stop, nounbypass, nounbypass, verbbyway, nouncamber, nouncarriageway, nounCatseye, nouncauseway, nouncentral reservation, nounchicane, nounchippings, nouncircus, nounclose, nouncloverleaf, nouncobble, verbcobble, nouncobbled, adjectivecobblestone, nouncone, nouncontraflow, nouncorner, nouncorniche, nouncrash barrier, nouncrawler lane, nouncrescent, nouncrossing, nouncrossroads, nouncross street, nouncrosswalk, nouncul-de-sac, nouncurb, noundead end, noundirt road, noundiversion, noundivided highway, noundogleg, nounDr, dual carriageway, nounesplanade, nounexit, nounexpress, adjectiveexpressway, nounfast lane, nounflyover, nounfootbridge, nounfreeway, nounfwy., gradient, noungravelled, adjectivegridlock, noungrit, noungrit, verbgutter, nounhairpin bend, nounhard shoulder, nounheadroom, nounhedgerow, nounhigh road, nounhighway, nounhill, nounhump-backed bridge, nouninterchange, nounintersect, verbintersection, nouninterstate, nounkerb, nounlamp-post, nounlane, nounlay-by, nounlevel crossing, nounmacadam, nounmain road, nounmanhole, nounmedian, nounmeter maid, nounmews, nounmilestone, nounmini-roundabout, nounmotorway, nounnegotiable, adjectiveoff-ramp, nounoff-road, adjectiveone-way, adjectiveon-ramp, nounorbital, adjectiveparade, nounparkway, nounpath, nounpathway, nounpave, verbpavement, nounpedestrian, nounpedestrian, adjectivepedestrian crossing, nounpedestrianize, verbpedestrian precinct, nounpelican crossing, nounpiazza, nounpike, nounPk, Pl., plaza, nounpoint, nounpothole, nounpromenade, nounramp, nounRd., rest area, nounresurface, verbright of way, nounring road, nounroad, nounroadblock, nounroad sign, nounroad tax, nounroadway, nounroadworks, nounroundabout, nounrush hour, nounrut, nounrutted, adjectiveS-bend, nounS-curve, nounservice area, nounservice station, nounshoulder, nounsidewalk, nounsignpost, nounsingle track road, nounsleeping policeman, nounslip road, nounsnow route, nounsoft shoulder, nounspeed bump, nounspeed limit, nounspur, nounSt, stoplight, nounstreet, nounstreetcar, nounstreetlight, nounstrip, nounsubway, nounsuperhighway, nounsuspension bridge, nounswitchback, nountar, nountar, verbtarmac, nountarmac, verbtaxi rank, nounterminus, nounthoroughfare, nounthroughway, nounthruway, nounT-junction, nountoll, nountollbooth, nountoll bridge, nountollgate, nountoll road, nountollway, nountowaway zone, nountraffic, nountraffic calming, nountraffic circle, nountraffic cone, nountraffic island, nountraffic lights, nountraffic warden, nountramlines, nountruck stop, nountrunk road, nounturn, nounturning, nounturn-off, nounturnout, nounturnpike, noununderpass, nounway, nounwayside, nounweighbridge, nounyellow line, nounzebra crossing, noun
Interstate 8 bypasses the town to the north.2to avoid obeying a rule, system, or someone in an official position: Francis bypassed his manager and wrote straight to the director.