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Meaning of Overpass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pæs

Definitions

A section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.

Canada, Philippines, US

Equivalents

Examples

“The homeless man had built a little shelter, complete with cook-stove, beneath a concrete overpass.”
“By visible evidence, this Saturday morning is a comparatively placid one. Earlier in the week a young man had died after being stabbed in a flat, and from the overpass at Archway Road, darkly referred to as “suicide bridge,” another man had jumped to his death.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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