Words / B1

FLEYE-ohv-uh/ˈflaɪəʊvə/

A flyover is a bridge that carries one road over another (UK). US overpass. A bridge over a river is just a bridge; a flyover is specifically road over road (or sometimes rail). Collocation: under the flyover; the ring-road flyover. Countable.

Meaning

A bridge that carries a road over another road (UK; US overpass).

Examples

• “The bus goes under the flyover and then turns left for the station.”
• “Graffiti under the flyover is a local landmark, like it or not.”
• “Traffic queues on the flyover every morning into town.”

Good to know

a flyover (UK). US: an overpass. Contrast: a bridge (often over water). under / on the flyover.

Near in meaning

overpass

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