contourner — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bypass noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- circumvent verb To find a way around an obstacle, rule, or difficulty rather than dealing with it directly.
- dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
Senses
contourner is used for these senses in English:
- bypass To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.
- bypass To ignore the usual channels or procedures.
- circumvent (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
bypass — full definition
- noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
- verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.