bypass

Syllables: by·pass/ˈbaɪpɑːs/US/ˈbaɪpæs/

bypass noun: a road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.

Noun

bypass (plural bypasses)

A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
The act of going past or around.
A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
An electrical shunt.
An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.
- Five of the 16 patients required simultaneous FF bypass and iliaco-femoral bypass; 2, required simultaneous FF bypass and iliac thrombo-endoarterectomy (Table II).1989, Antonio Strano, Salvatore Novo, editors, Advances in Vascular Pathology 1989: Proceedings of the 15th World Congress of the International Union of Angiology, Rome, 17–22 September 1989, volume...

Verb

bypass (third-person singular simple present bypasses, present participle bypassing, simple past and past participle bypassed)

To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
To ignore the usual channels or procedures.
- More to theyr proper Elements inaugurated none, / Than ſhee to hers by-paſſed, he to his poſſeſſed Throne.1606, William Warner, “The Fourteenth Booke. Chapter LXXXII.”, in A Continuance of Albions England: […], London: […] Felix Kyngston [and Richard Bradock?] for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 344
- Another force, also from the east, has by-passed Peiping and is striking southward. It apparently intends to swing eastward to form a junction, which probably will be effected near Langfang, on the railroad 30 miles southeast of Peiping.1948 December 15, “Peace Talks”, in Evening Examiner, volume XCVII, number 139, Petersborough, page 2, column 1

bypass meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

bypass in Hindi

बाईपास, बायपास, बाइपास

bypass in Tamil

பக்க வழி, மாற்றுவழி, புறவழி, கடவுச்சாலை, தவிர்ப்பு, தவிர்

bypass in Marathi

बायपास, बाईपास, बायपास करा

bypass in Urdu

بائی پاس

More languagesFewer languages

bypass in Bengali: কাটা kaṭa
bypass in Telugu: బైపాస్, బైపాసు, బైపాస్ చేయండి
bypass in Malayalam: മറികടക്കുക, ഉപമാർഗം
bypass in Kannada: ಬೈಪಾಸ್, ಬೈಪಾಸ್ ಮಾಡಿ, ಬೈಪಾಸ್ ಮಾಡಲು
bypass in Punjabi: ਬਾਈਪਾਸ, ਬਾਈਪਾਸ ਕਰੋ, ਬਾਈਪਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
bypass in Gujarati: બાયપાસ, બાયપાસ કરો, બાઈપાસ
bypass in Odia: ବାଇପାସ, ବାଇପାସ୍, ବାଇପାସ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
bypass in Nepali: बाइपास, बायपास, बाईपास
bypass in Tagalog: lulos
bypass in Malay: pintasan
bypass in Indonesian: jalan lingkar, jalan elak, by-pass
bypass in Persian: کنارگذر kenār gozar

Examples of bypass in a sentence

I never got seated. 1 stood in the entrance half an hour, bypassed again and again by a maitre d’hotel who had clearly been through all this many times before.1963 April, Robert Silverberg, “To See the Invisible Man”, in Frederik Pohl, editor, Worlds of Tomorrow, volume 1, number 1, New York...
Datacasting bypasses the wired, terrestrial Internet and is a cheaper way to distribute software than pressing and mailing CDs.2000, George Abe, Residential Broadband, Cisco Systems, →ISBN:
Thanks to Brexit, many ferry companies now run direct from Ireland to the EU mainland, bypassing UK ports such as Fishguard, with an impact on traffic.2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 52:
A team of researchers in the United States and United Kingdom say they have created the world’s first synthetic human embryo-like structures from stem cells, bypassing the need for eggs and sperm.2023 June 14, Brenda Goodman, “Scientists report creation of first human synthetic model embryos”, in CNN:

All 40 example sentences with bypass

Forms of bypass

Noun
plural	bypasses
alternative form	by-pass
Verb
third-person singular present	bypasses
present participle	bypassing
past participle	bypassed
past	bypassed

Past tense of bypass: bypassed

Plural of bypass: bypasses

Origin of bypass

From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass.

Words formed from bypass

bypassability
bypassable
microbypass
postbypass
prebypass
spiritual bypass
bypass duct
unbypassed
antibypass
bleach bypass
bypass air
bypasser
bypass ratio
coronary artery bypass

Phrases with bypass

bypass ducts

Questions about bypass

What does bypass mean?: Bypass means a road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
What is bypass in Hindi?: Bypass in Hindi is बाईपास, बायपास, बाइपास. See Bypass meaning in Hindi.
How do you use bypass in a sentence?: I never got seated. 1 stood in the entrance half an hour, bypassed again and again by a maitre d’hotel who had clearly been through all this many times before.
What part of speech is bypass?: Bypass can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce bypass?: Bypass is pronounced /ˈbaɪpæs/ (US).
What is the plural of bypass?: The plural of bypass is bypasses.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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