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# bypass

«bypass» in Mova's school dictionary: **A road that goes around a town instead of through it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a bypass, bypasses); verb (bypass, bypasses, bypassed, bypassing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A road that goes around a town instead of through it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#m1)

2) (medicine) An operation that makes a new path for blood to flow around a blocked part of the heart's blood vessels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#m2)

3) (verb) To go around something or someone to avoid it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#m3)

4) (verb) To ignore a rule or system or avoid using it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and everyday life a bypass helps traffic avoid a busy town. In health lessons and news, heart bypass surgery is common. In computing, "bypass security" means getting around protection, which can be illegal. Phrases: "heart bypass", "take the bypass", "bypass the rules".

### examples

- We took the bypass to avoid the town traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#x1)
- Grandad had a heart bypass operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#x2)
- The new road will bypass the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#x3)
- You cannot bypass the queue just because you're in a hurry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#x4)
- Hackers tried to bypass the password. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#x5)
- The river bypassed the old mill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/#x6)

### note

One word for both noun and verb. Past form: bypassed. Bypassing a safety lock or password without permission is wrong and may be illegal.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bypass» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bypass/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.