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route
a way or course taken: the shortest route to your destination; a round traveled in delivering, selling, or collecting goods: a newspaper route
Not to be confused with:
root – part of a plant normally below the ground; basic cause, source, or origin: the root of the problem
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route
(ro͞ot, rout)n.
1. Abbr. Rt. or Rte.
a. A road, course, or way for travel from one place to another: the route from Maine to Boston takes you through New Hampshire; ocean routes that avoided the breeding grounds of whales.
b. A highway: traveled on Route 12 through Michigan.
2. A fixed course or territory assigned to a salesperson or delivery person.
3. A means of reaching a goal: The route to success required hard work.
4. Football A pass pattern.
tr.v. rout·ed, rout·ing, routes
1. To send or forward by a specific route. See Synonyms at send1.
2. To schedule the order of (a sequence of procedures).
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rupta (via), broken (road), feminine past participle of rumpere, to break; see rout1.]
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route
(ruːt)n
1. the choice of roads taken to get to a place
2. a regular journey travelled
3. (Automotive Engineering) (capital) US a main road between cities: Route 66.
4. (Mountaineering) mountaineering the direction or course taken by a climb
5. (Medicine) med the means by which a drug or agent is administered or enters the body, such as by mouth or by injection: oral route.
vb (tr) , routes, routing, routeing or routed
to plan the route of; send by a particular route
[C13: from Old French rute, from Vulgar Latin rupta via (unattested), literally: a broken (established) way, from Latin ruptus broken, from rumpere to break, burst]
Usage: When forming the present participle or verbal noun from the verb to route, it is preferable to retain the e in order to distinguish the word from routing, the present participle or verbal noun from rout1, to defeat or rout2, to dig, rummage: the routeing of buses from the city centre to the suburbs. The spelling routing in this sense is, however, sometimes encountered, esp in American English
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route
(rut, raʊt)n., v. rout•ed, rout•ing. n.
1. a course, way, or road for passage or travel.
2. a customary or regular line of passage or travel.
3. a specific itinerary or round of stops regularly visited by a person in the performance of a job: a newspaper route.
v.t. 4. to fix the route of: to route a tour.
5. to send, direct, or forward by a particular route: Calls were routed through the switchboard.
[1175–1225; Middle English: way, course < Old French < Vulgar Latin *rupta(via) broken, i.e., freshly made, forced (way), Latin: feminine past participle of rumpere to break; compare rout1]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
route
The prescribed course to be traveled from a specific point of origin to a specific destination. See also axial route; controlled route; dispatch route; lateral route; reserved route; signed route; supervised route.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Rout, Route
a troop, throng, company; a clamourous multitude; a rabble; a tumultuous crowd—Johnson, 1755.Examples: rout or route of Black beasts, 1576; of clerks, 1430; of rural folk, 1616; of gentlemen; of knights, 1486; of lords, 1386; of nightingales, 1366; of ragged rhymers, 1579; of roiters, 1750; of ruffians and robbers, 1568; of worldly and gallant servants, 1491; of sheep, 1821; of snails, 1440; of soldiers; of strangers, 1737; of the wicked, 1561; of wolves, 1275; of words and actions, 1624.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
route
Past participle: routed
Gerund: routeing
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| Noun | 1. |  route - an established line of travel or accessfeeder line - a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline) main line - the principal route of a transportation system data track, track - (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data air lane, skyway, airway, flight path - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another approach pattern, traffic pattern, pattern - the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted" flight path - the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air beat, round - a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" bus route - the route regularly followed by a passenger bus line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent line of flight - the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air line of march - the route along which a column advances celestial orbit, orbit - the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon" electron orbit, orbit - the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom paper round, paper route - the route taken when delivering newspapers every day beeline - the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom" circuit - an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit" crosscut - a diagonal path supply line, supply route - a route over which supplies can be delivered line of fire - the path of a missile discharged from a firearm flyway, migration route - the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate fairway - the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters direction, way - a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" trade route - a route followed by traders (usually in caravans) |
| 2. |  route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportationaccess road, slip road - a short road giving access to an expressway; "in Britain they call an access road a slip road" causeway - a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand clearway - a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown) corduroy - a road made of logs laid crosswise detour, roundabout way - a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) parkway, drive - a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views" carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection, crossing - a junction where one street or road crosses another post road - a road over which mail is carried roadbed - a bed supporting a road roadway - a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel berm, shoulder - a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road; "the car pulled off onto the shoulder" side road - a minor road branching off of a main road skid road - a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled speedway - road where high speed driving is allowed thoroughfare - a public road from one place to another rotary, roundabout, traffic circle, circle - a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" turnaround - an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around turnoff - a side road where you can turn off; "I missed the turnoff and went 15 miles out of my way" way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" | |
| Verb | 1. | route - send documents or materials to appropriate destinations |
| 2. | route - send via a specific route | |
| 3. | route - divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders" divert - send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one |
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route
noun
verb
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route
noun1. A course affording passage from one place to another:
avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, street, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way.
1. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination:
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Translations
طَريقطَرِيقيُوَجِّه السَّيْر
cestanasměrovat cestutrasa
rutedirigere
reitti
ruta
beinaleiî
ルート
노정
mokomasis žygis
ceļšmaršrutsnosūtīt pa maršrutunovirzītvirzīt
nasmerovať cestu
potproga
rutt
เส้นทาง
tuyến đường
route
[ruːt]A. N
1. (gen) → ruta f, camino m; [of bus] → recorrido m; [of ship] → rumbo m, derrota f; (= itinerary) → itinerario m; (= direction) → rumbo m
Route 31 (US) → Ruta 31
the route to the coast → el camino de la costa
to go by a new route → seguir una ruta nueva
shipping route → vía f marítima
air route → ruta f aérea
Route 31 (US) → Ruta 31
the route to the coast → el camino de la costa
to go by a new route → seguir una ruta nueva
shipping route → vía f marítima
air route → ruta f aérea
2. (US) [ruːt, raʊt] (= delivery round) → recorrido m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
route
[ˈraʊt ˈruːt] n
(= way) → itinéraire m
We're planning our route → Nous établissons notre itinéraire.
the best route to London → le meilleur itinéraire pour aller à Londres
"all routes" → "toutes directions"
en route (= on the way) → en chemin
We're planning our route → Nous établissons notre itinéraire.
the best route to London → le meilleur itinéraire pour aller à Londres
"all routes" → "toutes directions"
en route (= on the way) → en chemin
(to success, objective) → chemin m
to go the route (US) → aller jusqu'au bout
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
route
[, (US)]n
→ Strecke f, → Route f; (bus service) → Linie f; (fig, in planning etc) → Weg m; shipping routes → Schifffahrtsstraßen or -wege; air routes → Flugwege; what route does the 39 bus take? → welche Strecke or Route fährt der 39er-Bus?; we live on a bus route → wir wohnen an einer Buslinie; the route to the coast goes through Easthampton → der Weg zur Küste führt durch Easthampton; “all routes” (Mot) → „alle Richtungen“; route map → Straßenkarte f
(Med, of drug) → Weg m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
route
[ruːt] n (gen) → itinerarioshipping/air routes → rotte fpl marittime/aeree
bus route → percorso dell'autobus
we're on the main bus route → abitiamo vicino alla linea dell'autobus
the best route to London → la strada migliore per andare a Londra
en route → per strada
en route from ...to → viaggiando da... a
en route for → in viaggio verso
"all routes" (Aut) → "tutte le direzioni"
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
route
(ruːt) , ((American also) raut) noun a way of getting somewhere; a road. Our route took us through the mountains.
verb to arrange a route for. Heavy traffic was routed round the outside of the town.
route march a long march for soldiers in training.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
route
→ طَرِيق trasa rute Strecke διαδρομή ruta reitti itinéraire ruta itinerario ルート 노정 route strekning szlak rota маршрут rutt เส้นทาง güzergah tuyến đường 路线Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
route
n. ruta.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
route
n vía; — of administration vía de administraciónEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.