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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 means or method of circumventing an obstacle, particularly one arising from constraints, laws or regulatory requirements.

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

  1. noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
  2. noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
  3. verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.

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