What part of speech is bypass?

Bypass can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. bypass is a verb, present, 1st person singular of bypass (infinitive).
  • 2. bypass is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. bypass is a noun, singular of bypasses.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does bypass mean?

Definitions

Verb

bypass - avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"

Noun

bypass - a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
bypass - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
bypass - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

Examples of bypass

#   Sentence  
1. verb You cannot bypass these rules!
2. verb * Offers a 7.5 cent/dth rate to large customers while minimizing rate changes to other customers, minimizing the incentive for these customers to seek to bypass local transmission charges and other CPUC-approved charges. *
3. verb It's no good trying to bypass the problem.
4. verb We'll bypass the city centre.
5. verb Sears let customers buy on credit, which gave African Americans the option to bypass the local country store, where black customers had to wait until the white customers were served.
6. verb Yanni wants to bypass all that small talk.
7. noun Let's bypass the protection circuit.
8. noun Tom needed bypass surgery.
9. noun A bypass allows more blood to flow to the heart.
10. noun Fish ladders help salmon bypass man-made obstacles, such as dams.
Sentence  
verb
You cannot bypass these rules!
* Offers a 7.5 cent/dth rate to large customers while minimizing rate changes to other customers, minimizing the incentive for these customers to seek to bypass local transmission charges and other CPUC-approved charges. *
It's no good trying to bypass the problem.
We'll bypass the city centre.
Sears let customers buy on credit, which gave African Americans the option to bypass the local country store, where black customers had to wait until the white customers were served.
Yanni wants to bypass all that small talk.
noun
Let's bypass the protection circuit.
Tom needed bypass surgery.
A bypass allows more blood to flow to the heart.
Fish ladders help salmon bypass man-made obstacles, such as dams.

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