route (r t, rout)n. 1. Abbr. Rt. or Rte. a. A road, course, or way for travel from one place to another. b. A highway. 2. A customary line of travel. See Synonyms at way. 3. A fixed course or territory assigned to a salesperson or delivery person. 4. Football A pass pattern. 5. A means of reaching a goal. 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.] |
route
Noun
1. the choice of roads taken to get to a place
2. a fixed path followed by buses, trains, etc. between two places
3. a chosen way or method: the route to prosperity
Verb
[routeing, routed]
to send by a particular route [Old French rute]
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.
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.
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 |
route
verb 4. send, forward, dispatch
USAGE When adding -ing to the verb route to form the present participle, it is more conventional, and clearer, to keep the final e from the end of the verb stem: routeing. The spelling routing in this sense is also possible, but keeping the e distinguishes it from routing, which is the participle formed from the verb rout meaning `to defeat'.
Translations
route [ruːt] n → ruta, camino; [of bus] → recorrido; [of shipping] → rumbo, derrota;
en route from ... to → en el viaje de ... a;
route [ruːt] n → itinéraire m [of bus]; parcours m [of trade, shipping]; route f;
"all routes" (Aut) → "toutes directions";
the best route to London → le meilleur itinéraire pour aller à Londres
route [ruːt] n → Strecke f;
(of bus, train, shipping) → Linie f;
(of procession), (fig); Weg m;
"all routes" (Aut) → "alle Richtungen";
route [ruːt] n → itinerario; [of bus] → percorso; [of trade, shipping] → rotta;
"all routes" (AUT) → "tutte le direzioni";
en route from ... to → viaggiando da ... a
n route [ruːt, (American also ) raut]
a way of getting somewhere; a road Our route took us through the mountains. roete طَريق път cesta rute die Route πορεία, διαδρομή camino, itinerario tee(kond) جاده؛ راه؛ مسیر reitti chemin, itinéraire מַסלוּל मार्ग रास्ता, प्रयाण आदेश ruta, smjer putovanja útvonal jalan leið percorso, itinerario 道筋 길, 통로 maršrutas, kelias maršruts; ceļš laluan route rute szlak, trasa caminho rută, drum, itinerar маршрут cesta pot ruta rutt, färdväg เส้นทาง yol, rota 路 маршрут; шлях راستہ lộ trình 路
v
to arrange a route for Heavy traffic was routed round the outside of the town. herlei يُوَجِّه السَّيْر определям маршрута на nasměrovat cestu dirigere leiten διοχετεύω encaminar; mandar suunama از مسیر معینی فرستادن ohjata faire passer (par) לְנָתֵב मार्ग odrediti rutu, odrediti smjer putovanja irányít mengatur jalan beina instradare, far passare 道順を決める ...을 (어떤 방향으로) 돌리다 nukreipti []virzīt; nosūtīt pa maršrutu melalukan leiden sende, dirigere skierować encaminhar a dirija отправлять по маршруту nasmerovať cestu speljati usmeriti sända, dirigera, lägga upp rutten för วางเส้นทาง göndermek; yöneltmek 規定路線 визначати маршрут راستے کا تعین کرنا theo lộ trình 规定路线
route march
a long march for soldiers in training. roetemars سَيْر مَسافات طَويلَه поход cvičný pochod øvelsesmarch der Übungsmarsch πορεία marcha de entrenamiento/maniobras rännakmarss راهپیمایی بر روی جاده؛ فرمان قدم راه marssi marche d'entraînement מָסָע सैन्य प्रयाण, सैनिक प्रस्थान stupanje menetgyakorlat jalan jauh gönguþraut marcia d'addestramento 徒歩行軍 mokomasis žygis mācību pārgājiens latihan berbaris afstandsmars utmarsj marsz (ćwiczebny) marcha de treino marş pe distanţă mare походный марш cvičný pochod marš marš träningsmarsch การฝึกเดินขบวนของทหาร eğitim yürüyüşü (部隊訓練中的)長途行軍，便步行軍 рух у похідному порядку تربیتی فوجوں کی طویل پریڈ đường hành quân （部队训练中的）长途行军，便步行军
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