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Definition of bypass noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bypass

noun
 
/ˈbaɪpɑːs/
 
/ˈbaɪpæs/
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  1. (especially British English) a road that passes around a town or city rather than through the centre
    • the western bypass around the town
    • the Newbury bypass
    Extra Examples
    • That stretch of bypass will be finished by January.
    • They're building a new bypass around the town.
    • We drove around the bypass to the airport.
    • the traffic on the bypass
    • A bypass is being built and is due to be finished next year.
    • Continue under the bypass and turn right at the traffic lights.
    • There were protests against the building of the bypass.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + bypass
    • build
    preposition
    • along a/​the bypass
    • around a/​the bypass
    • round a/​the bypass
    See full entry
  2. a medical operation in which blood is directed along a different route so that it does not flow through a part that is damaged or blocked, especially to improve blood flow to the heart; the new route that the blood takes
    • heart bypass surgery
    • a triple bypass operation
    • coronary bypass surgery
    compare gastric bypassTopics Healthcarec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • coronary
    • heart
    • gastric
    verb + bypass
    • perform
    • undergo
    bypass + noun
    • operation
    • surgery
    See full entry
See bypass in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee bypass in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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