Overpass vs X - What's the difference?
overpass | x |
A section of a road or path that es over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
To pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.
To exceed, overstep, or transcend a limit, threshold, or goal.
To disregard, skip, or miss something.
* Milton
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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As a noun overpass
is a section of a road or path that es over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.As a verb overpass
is to pass above something, as when flying or moving on a higher road.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.overpass
English
Noun
(es)- The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass .
Synonyms
flyover (UK)Antonyms
underpass (US&UK) subway (UK)See also
* underpass * overbridgeVerb
(es)- Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.
- (Robert Browning)
- Marshall was really overpassing his authority when he ordered the security guards to fire their tasers at the trespassers.
- The precocious student had really overpassed her peers, and was reading books written for children several years older.
- "Don't overpass those cheeses; they're really quite excellent!" gushed Terry, pointing to the buffet table.
- All the beauties of the East / He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed .