Definition of Overpasses

1. Noun. (plural of overpass) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of overpass) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overpasses

1. overpass [v] - See also: overpass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpasses

overpampered
overpampering
overpampers
overparameterization
overparameterizations
overparameterize
overparameterized
overparameterizes
overparameterizing
overparenting
overpart
overparticular
overparts
overpast
overpatient
overpay
overpaying
overpayment
overpayments
overpays
overpedal
overpedaled
overpedaling
overpedalled
overpedalling

Literary usage of Overpasses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads by Best, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"Wildlife overpasses also can be used to connect otherwise disconnected populations. Fencing along both sides of the roads discourages animals from ..."

2. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"And just as the verity in such matters overpasses the measure of language, so it overpasses the personalities and the figures which humanity has chosen as ..."

3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1876)
"We now come to a passage of the same kind in which the sacramental allusion is more distinct, while yet the thought in like manner overpasses the external ..."

4. Hours of Thought on Sacred Things by James Martineau (1900)
"This essence of our being, this secret place of the conscience which he will enter with sympathy, if we seek it, but never with coercion, overpasses the ..."

5. Globalization and the World of Large Cities by Fu-chen Lo, Yue-man Yeung (1998)
"More than 10 overpasses were constructed at major intersections to solve traffic congestion problems. Both the 6th of October and the 15th of May elevated ..."

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