the choice of roads taken to get to a place a regular journey travelled - (capital)
a main road between cities: Route 66
to plan the route of; send by a particular route
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route /rut, raʊt/USA pronunciation
n., v., rout•ed, rout•ing.
n. [countable]
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025n. [countable]
- a course, way, or road for travel:the shortest route from here to Alaska.
- a customary line of travel, often with stops regularly made, by a train, bus, etc., or by a person in doing a job:the route taken by that bus; a newspaper route.
v. [~ + object]
- to fix the path or route of:to route a tour.
- to send by a particular route:Calls were routed through the switchboard.
route
(ro̅o̅t, rout),USA pronunciation n., v., rout•ed, rout•ing.
n.
v.t.
n.
- a course, way, or road for passage or travel:What's the shortest route to Boston?
- a customary or regular line of passage or travel:a ship on the North Atlantic route.
- a specific itinerary, round, or number of stops regularly visited by a person in the performance of his or her work or duty:a newspaper route; a mail carrier's route.
- go the route, [Informal.]
- to see something through to completion:It was a tough assignment, but he went the route.
- Sport[Baseball.]to pitch the complete game:The heat and humidity were intolerable, but the pitcher managed to go the route.
v.t.
- to fix the route of:to route a tour.
- to send or forward by a particular route:to route mail to its proper destination.
- Latin rupta (via) broken (road), feminine past participle of rumpere to break; compare rout1
- Old French
- Middle English: way, course 1175–1225
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged beat, circuit.
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