Overpass

Quick meaning: Overpass is a noun meaning A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.

Meaning

A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.

More Meanings

1. To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
2. (transitive) To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
3. (transitive) To disregard, skip, or miss something.

Example Sentences

A youth, how all the beauties of the East / He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed.

The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass.

The precocious student had really overpassed her peers, and was reading books written for children several years older.

Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.

Word Forms

• overpasses
• overpassing
• overpassed

Synonyms for overpass

Depending on context, synonyms include flyover, transpass, overgo, surpass, transgress, misregard.

Antonyms for overpass

Common opposites include underpass, subway.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flypast, flyover, footbridge, crosswalk, viaduct, crossing.

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