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bypass

The correct spelling is bypass.

How to pronounce bypass

noun

IPA: /ˈbaɪpɑːs/

Say it like: Byp-ass

The correct spelling is bypass. A road that passes around something, such as a residential area

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A road that passes around something, such as a residential area
  2. 2.A circumvention
  3. 3.A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
  4. 4.An electrical shunt
  5. 5.An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass

verb

  1. 1.To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
  2. 2.To ignore the usual channels or procedures

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