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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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