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route (ro̵̅o̅t, ro̵ut)

noun

  1. a road, way, or course for traveling; esp., a highway
  2. ☆
    1. a regular course traveled as in delivering mail, milk, newspapers, etc.
    2. a set of customers whom one regularly visits to make deliveries, solicit sales, etc.
  3. Archaic an order for troops to march

Etymology: ME < OFr route, rote < L rupta (via), (path) broken through < fem. of ruptus, pp. of rumpere, to break: see rupture

transitive verb routed rout′ed, routing rout′·ing

  1. ☆ to direct, send, forward, or transport by a specified route to route goods through Omaha
  2. ☆ to fix the order of procedure of (a series of operations, etc.) to route orders through the sales department
route Idioms

go the route

☆
Baseball, Informal to pitch an entire game

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route Synonyms

route

n.

  1. A course being followed

    way, course, road, highway, path, track, beat, circuit, round, rounds, run, range, tour, direction, tack, trajectory, line of passage, detour; see also road 1.

  2. A projected course

    itinerary, plans, map, layout, plot, diagram, chart, journey; see also plan 2, program 2.


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route Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • crag: The steep expanse of rock to the right of Gone is crossed by some of the best routes on the crag.

Noun used with modifier

  • escape: Didn't she have the escape route mapped out beforehand?

Adjective modifier

  • circular: The C2C can be turned into a circular route by returning to Whitehaven via the Reivers Cycle Route.

Converse of object

  • choose: His scouts had chosen the route through the town center carefully.

Modifies a noun

  • planner: It also has a rather nifty European route planner.

Preposition: for

  • cyclist: Where there are appreciable flows of pedestrians or cyclists, a defined route for cyclists through the area aids orientation and assists effective movement.
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route quotes

Le suicide, cette myste¤  rieuse voie de fait sur l'inconnu. Suicide: that mysterious route towards the unknown.

-Hugo,Victor Marie

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