Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "underpass" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERPASS

underpass  [ˈʌndəˌpɑːs] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERPASS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underpass is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNDERPASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

underpass

Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground or underwater passageway, enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. The central portions of a rapid transit network are usually in tunnel. Some tunnels are aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations or are sewers. Utility tunnels are used for routing steam, chilled water, electrical power or telecommunication cables, as well as connecting buildings for convenient passage of people and equipment. Secret tunnels are built for military purposes, or by civilians for smuggling of weapons, contraband, or people. Special tunnels, such as wildlife crossings, are built to allow wildlife to cross human-made barriers safely.

Definition of underpass in the English dictionary

The definition of underpass in the dictionary is a section of a road that passes under another road, railway line, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERPASS


bypass
ˈbaɪˌpɑːs
bypast
ˈbaɪˌpɑːs
handpass
ˈhændˌpɑːs
impasse
æmˈpɑːs
outpass
ˌaʊtˈpɑːs
overpass
ˈəʊvəˌpɑːs
pass
pɑːs
PayPass
ˈpeɪˌpɑːs
repass
riːˈpɑːs
sparse
spɑːs
surpass
sɜːˈpɑːs
timepass
ˈtaɪmˌpɑːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERPASS

underpaid
underpainting
underpants
underpart
underpay
underpayment
underpeep
underpeopled
underperform
underpin
underpinned
underpinning
underpinnings
underpitch
underpitch vault
underplant
underplay
underplot
underpopulated
underpowered

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERPASS

back pass
backstage pass
boarding pass
box the compass
bring to pass
bus pass
come to pass
compass
coronary bypass
day pass
encompass
forward pass
free pass
gyrocompass
magnetic compass
mountain pass
press pass
ski pass
trespass
wall pass

Synonyms and antonyms of underpass in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «underpass» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF UNDERPASS

Find out the translation of underpass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underpass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underpass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地下道
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paso subterráneo
570 millions of speakers

English

underpass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुरंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَـمَرٌّ سُفْلِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тоннель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

passagem inferior
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আন্ডারপাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passage souterrain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Underpass
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unterführung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アンダーパス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지하도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngliwati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường ngầm cho người đi bộ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுரங்கபாதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंडरपास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alt geçit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sottopassaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przejście podziemne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підземний пішохідний перехід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pasaj subteran
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπόγεια διάβαση πεζών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderdoorgang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vägtunnel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

(vei)undergang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underpass

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERPASS»

The term «underpass» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.733 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
77
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «underpass» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of underpass
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «underpass».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERPASS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underpass» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underpass» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underpass

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERPASS»

Discover the use of underpass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underpass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Single Point Urban Interchange Design and Operations Analysis
Figure 3. Underpass single-point urban interchange. Grade Separation Type As mentioned previously, SPUIs can be described as being one of two types with respect to grade separation of the intersecting roadways. One type of SPUI has the ...
‎1991
2
Fourth International Conference on Current and Future Trends ...
Innovative. Technologies. Involved. in. a. Vehicular. Underpass. Vinay Gupta, Principal Consultant, Tandon Consultants Pvt Ltd 17, Link Road, Jungpura Extn, New Delhi- 110014, India ...
B. Barr, 2006
3
Report
... None Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass Underpass  ...
Pennsylvania. Bureau of Engineering, 1915
4
Biennial Report of the Public Service Commission of the ...
plans, was adequate, sufficient and rendered the underpass safe for travel. We further find that the Commission accepted the work with that understanding. The highway on either side of the underpass and through the same has remained ...
Vermont. Public Service Commission, 1918
5
Biennial Report of the Public Service Board, State of Vermont
For the purpose indicated in the foregoing report, the Central Vermont Railway is hereby ordered to construct in the village of South Royalton, in the town of Royalton, in the county of Windsor, and State of Vermont, the underpass, drainage, ...
Vermont. Public Service Board, 1914
6
Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Infrastructure: ...
underpass. bridges. on. steel. pipe. piles. La. construction. efficace. des. passages. inferieur. sur. les. pieux. d'acier. Jorma Hartikainen Tampere University of Technology, Finland Mauri Koskinen Tampere University of Technology, Finland ...
F. B. J. Barends, 1999
7
Roadway Lighting Design Guide
In addition to independent studies, IESNA and CIE offer recommendations for various tunnel and underpass lighting applications. Lighting levels are typically presented in luminance format. Surface reflectance, luminaire placement, and ...
‎2005
8
Effects of a Purpose-built Faunal Underpass on Activity and ...
Conservationists have advocated the construction of wildlife crossing structures for the purpose of reducing traffic-related mortality of wildlife and maintaining habitat connectivity in increasingly fragmented landscapes.
David Michael Elliott, 2008
9
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
CONSTRUCTION OF OVERHEAD BRIDGE AT KINUNGI Mr. Kihara asked the Minister for Public Works and Housing:- (a) if he could consider constructing an underpass or an overhead bridge across the Nairobi-Nakuru Road in Kinungi Town ...
10
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
CONSTRUCTION OF OVERHEAD BRIDGE AT KINUNGI Mr. Kihara asked the Minister for Public Works and Housing:- (a) if he could consider constructing an underpass or an overhead bridge across the Nairobi-Nakuru Road in Kinungi Town ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERPASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underpass is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Car crashes into underpass column on Second Ave., killing 2
Show Transcript Hide Transcript. Police in western Pennsylvania say a car crashed into a support column on an underpass in Pittsburgh, killing two people. «WTAE Pittsburgh, Aug 15»
2
Drivers in Winnipeg's south end will see some traffic relief in the form …
Winnipeg South Centre Conservative MP Joyce Bateman announced on Thursday that an underpass will be built at the railway crossing at Waverley Street and ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
3
Pedestrian underpass coming to Nogales port
The underpass will allow pedestrians to safely walk to and from the port of entry along Arizona 189, ADOT said. As it stands, pedestrians and tractor-trailer traffic ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
4
TTU football player injured in crash at MSF underpass
Police say around 10 a.m. Wednesday, a white pickup crashed into the underpass. They say Heffron was driving westbound and failed to maintain a single lane. «KCBD-TV, Jul 15»
5
Richmond opens two lanes of long-awaited Moody Underpass
RICHMOND -- American flags are hanging from the Moody Underpass, which partially opened to traffic Thursday following a solemn ceremony held by the ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
6
State opens road over new pedestrian underpass at W.Va. fair
The underpass will replace a pedestrian bridge that links two parcels owned by the fair. Fair officials have said the underpass will improve access to the ... «Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
Missed deadline on Plessis Road underpass project could cost city …
The city of Winnipeg will miss key deadlines for the Plessis Road underpass project, possibly triggering the loss of funding from the other two levels of ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
8
Police seek witness after Newport underpass sexual assault
The 24-year-old was attacked on Sunday by two men in an underpass at the Old Green roundabout at about 02:30 BST. A man spoke to the victim after the ... «BBC News, May 15»
9
Bahria Town flyover, underpass inaugurated in Karachi
KARACHI: A 70-yeal-old employee of Bahria Town inaugurated underpass and flyover project, in front of Abdullah Shah Gazi shrine, in the Clifton area of the ... «Geo News, Pakistan, May 15»
10
Waverley underpass tops list
Waverley underpass tops list. Trumps three other city projects seeking cash from province, Ottawa. By: Aldo Santin Posted: 03/25/2015 3:00 AM | Last Modified: ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Underpass [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/underpass>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z