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Synonyms for overpass

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noun oh-ver-pas, -pahs; verb oh-ver-pas, -pahs

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈoʊ vərˌpæs, -ˌpɑs; verb ˌoʊ vərˈpæs, -ˈpɑs

Définition of overpass

Origin : "stretch of road that passes over another," 1929, American English, from over- + pass (v.). + Overpass has been a verb since late 13c.

noun bridge

Example sentences :

It is, in fact, so mean and abject as almost to overpass belief.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 168, January 15, 1853 » by Various

As the outcome of this, promises are apt to overpass the powers of fulfilment.
Extract from : « Principles of Political Economy » by Arthur Latham Perry

What a ring-fence of horror and contagion for all comers and goers to overpass!
Extract from : « The Coming of the Friars » by Augustus Jessopp

I believe he just mentioned the overpass over the Elm Street.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Were the people on the overpass in a fairly tight group, or spread out over the overpass?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Do you have any reason to believe that any of these shots might have come from the overpass?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

As we were approaching the overpass there, Mr. Lawson remarked that there was an officer on the overpass there.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

As far as you can recall, were all the people you saw on the overpass within the sight of the policeman on the overpass?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

And are you certain in your own mind that they did not come from the overpass?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

This may have resulted from my feeling, when I looked forward toward the overpass, that we might have ridden into an ambush.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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