bypass
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
Types & categories
- highway hypernym
Related & opposite
- bypass derivation
- Great Britain domain region
Sense 2 verb
avoid something unpleasant or laborious
You cannot bypass these rules!
Types & categories
- avoid hypernym
Related & opposite
- beltway derivation
Sense 3 noun
a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
Types & categories
- shunt hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
Types & categories
- conductor hypernym
Parts & wholes
- circuit part holonym
Related & opposite
- shunt derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bypass |
| 1 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | highway |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beltway |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | avoid |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shunt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shunt |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | circuit |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | conductor |