Route Definition

ro͝ot, rout

routed, routes, routing

noun

routes

A road, way, or course for traveling; esp., a highway.

Webster's New World

A highway.

Traveled on Route 12 through Michigan.

American Heritage

A course taken to achieve some end.

An unorthodox career route.

Webster's New World

A fixed course or territory assigned to a salesperson or delivery person.

American Heritage

A regular course traveled as in delivering mail, milk, newspapers, etc.

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verb

routes

To direct, send, forward, or transport by a specified route.

To route goods through Omaha.

Webster's New World

To fix the order of procedure of (a series of operations, etc.)

To route orders through the sales department.

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(Internet) To connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.

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Antonyms:
hold
keep

pronoun

A former United States highway that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles.

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The Capricorn Highway in Queensland, Australia.

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idiom

go the route

to pitch an entire game

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Other Word Forms of Route

Noun

Singular:

route

Plural:

routes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Route

go the route

Origin of Route

Middle English from Old French from Latin rupta (via) broken (road) feminine past participle of rumpere to break rout¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French route, rote (French: route) “road, way, path" (source: route on Etymonline)

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