contornar — 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.
- override verb To take priority over, or cancel out, an existing decision, rule, or system.
- skirt noun A piece of clothing that hangs from the waist, covering the lower body.
- surround verb To be positioned on all sides of something; to encircle.
- workaround noun A way of getting around a difficulty, especially one caused by rules, laws or restrictions.
Senses
contornar is used for these senses in English:
- circumvent (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- skirt To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
- surround (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- workaround A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of constraints, or laws or regulations.
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.
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