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# underpass

«underpass» in Mova's school dictionary: **a road or path that goes under another road or a railway…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an underpass, underpasses)

### meaning for a pupil

An underpass is a road or path that goes under another road or a railway, so people or cars can cross safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underpass/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, an underpass is a safe way for walkers and cyclists to cross a busy road without meeting traffic. Children are reminded to use underpasses and footbridges, and to go with an adult if the underpass is dark or empty. Phrases: «go through the underpass», «pedestrian underpass».

### examples

- We walked through the underpass to get to the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underpass/#x1)
- The underpass goes under the busy main road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underpass/#x2)
- Cyclists use the underpass to avoid the traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underpass/#x3)
- The underpass was painted with colourful murals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underpass/#x4)
- Our voices echoed in the underpass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underpass/#x5)
- Use the underpass instead of running across the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underpass/#x6)

### note

Countable noun; plural «underpasses» (add -es). Opposite idea: «overpass» or «footbridge» goes over. In the US «underpass» can also be a place where a road goes under a bridge.

### In the corpora

- [Railways are only crossed by bridges, underpasses or proper level crossings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/75-dares-cliffs-roofs-tombstoning-railways-and-saying-no/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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