route


Definition: Meaning of, route in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ruːt /

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route routes
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  1. a way from one place to another
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  2. a way between two places that buses, planes, ships etc regularly travel
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  3. a way of doing something or achieving a particular result
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  4. Route 66/54 etc used to show the number of a main road in the US
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
route routed routed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
routeing routes
[transitive]
  1. to send something somewhere using a particular route
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route used in phrases

  • Route 66
    1. a famous road in the US that is mentioned in books, films, and songs. It was built in the early 1930s, and was the first road to go a long distance across the US, from Chicago to Los Angeles.
  • bus route (noun)
    1. the route regularly followed by a passenger bus
  • en route (adverb)
    1. on the way
  • migration route (noun)
    1. the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate
  • paper route (noun)
    1. the route taken when delivering newspapers every day
    2. the job of delivering newspapers regularly
  • re-route (verb)
    1. to send vehicles, planes, telephone calls etc to a different place from the one where they were originally going [=  redirect]
  • route march (noun)
    1. a long march done by soldiers when they are training
  • sea route (noun)
    1. a route followed by ships
  • ship route (noun)
    1. a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels
  • snow route (noun)
    1. an important road in a city that cars must be removed from when it snows, so that the snow can be cleared away from it
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