pasar por alto

pasar por alto
pasar por alto
to ignore
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pasar por alto
to pass over
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to omit, overlook
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(v.) = bypass [by-pass], gloss over, miss, obviate, overlook, short-circuit [shortcircuit], skip over, leapfrog, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by, flout, close + the door on, skip
Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
Ex. To some extent this worked - haphazardly perhaps, but in a cheerful atmosphere that, though he did not realize it then, glossed over the inadequacies of his approach.
Ex. Thus the browser may miss valuable items, although some browsers will find browsing a perfectly adequate method of gauging the extent of a library collection.
Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
Ex. This can only achieved by examining the literature of the subject area thoroughly for any isolates that might possibly have been overlooked.
Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
Ex. If this is the first time you are using DOBIS/LIBIS the field for your password is empty and you should skip over it by pressing the tabulator key once again.
Ex. India, which has had to leapfrog to Industrial Revolution, now finds itself in the midst of the Information Revolution.
Ex. The revolution of information technology is passing many developing countries by and the information gap between haves and have-nots is widening.
Ex. To find the 'real' identity of documents, one must flout conventions of rationality including the axioms of singularity and actuality.
Ex. Librarians cannot afford to close the door on current issues.
Ex. The search engines skips sites with no scientific content.
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(v.) = bypass [by-pass], gloss over, miss, obviate, overlook, short-circuit [shortcircuit], skip over, leapfrog, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by, flout, close + the door on, skip

Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

Ex: To some extent this worked - haphazardly perhaps, but in a cheerful atmosphere that, though he did not realize it then, glossed over the inadequacies of his approach.
Ex: Thus the browser may miss valuable items, although some browsers will find browsing a perfectly adequate method of gauging the extent of a library collection.
Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
Ex: This can only achieved by examining the literature of the subject area thoroughly for any isolates that might possibly have been overlooked.
Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
Ex: If this is the first time you are using DOBIS/LIBIS the field for your password is empty and you should skip over it by pressing the tabulator key once again.
Ex: India, which has had to leapfrog to Industrial Revolution, now finds itself in the midst of the Information Revolution.
Ex: The revolution of information technology is passing many developing countries by and the information gap between haves and have-nots is widening.
Ex: To find the 'real' identity of documents, one must flout conventions of rationality including the axioms of singularity and actuality.
Ex: Librarians cannot afford to close the door on current issues.
Ex: The search engines skips sites with no scientific content.


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  • por — causa de; por causa de ser; por culpa de ser; sólo por; nada más que por ser; sin otra justificación que la de ser; sin más razón que la de ser; por haber sido así o haberlo hecho así es que se dan estas consecuencias; cf. por gil, por huevón, de …   Diccionario de chileno actual

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