reroute
reroute
Definition
re·route (rē ro̵ut′, -ro̵̅o̅t′)
transitive verb -·rout′ed, -·rout′·ing
to send by a new or different route
- reroll
reroute
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- traffic: High-tech firms in North Carolina's Research Triangle weathered Hurricane Floyd after days of preparation and rerouting of important online traffic.
- road: The rerouting of the road over the old railroad has removed all the bends.
- river: The revitalisation project included the rerouting of two rivers and the building of beautifully landscaped pedestrian walkways and Venetian-style footbridges.
Object
- traffic: The road was closed off for the day and the traffic rerouted.
- service: Thornhill Park & Ride is shortly to see more services rerouted to use this facility with the Oxford Tube shortly to use this point.
- parade: The decision to reroute the parade had been taken by the Parades Commission.
- call: Again, there may be legitimate reasons to reroute a call; it might be a defensive measure against a known attack.
- year: Keep straight on at all junctions until you intercept what used to be the Worcestershire Way, until it was rerouted last year.
- blood: This procedure reroutes the blood around the narrowing or blockage, creating an alternative pathway for blood to reach the heart muscle.
Infinitive complement
- serve: Because of the distance between Cambridge station and city center we recommend that the existing City Center Shuttle be rerouted to serve the station.
- avoid: In Axminster, the A358 has been rerouted to avoid some of the narrower streets.
Modifying Another Word
- automatically: The information flow is automatically rerouted around the disrupted node, allowing a seamless, continual flow of information.
- then: The blood is then rerouted to a heart-lung ( bypass ) machine.
- also: The post holder will also reroute any inappropriate referrals to local agencies, keeping the family informed at all times.
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