Umgehung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bypass noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- circumvention noun The act of avoiding or getting around something.
- evasion noun The act of avoiding something, especially a direct answer, duty, or obligation, often through trickery.
- roundabout noun A road junction where traffic circles around a central island instead of stopping at lights.
Senses
Umgehung is used for these senses in English:
- bypass A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
- circumvention The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
- evasion The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
- roundabout A detour.
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.
circumvention — full definition
- noun The act of avoiding or getting around something.
- noun Beating someone through trickery or deceit.
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