Route

Quick meaning: Route is a noun meaning A course or way which is traveled or passed.

Meaning

A course or way which is traveled or passed.

More Meanings

1. A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
2. A road or path; often specifically a highway.
3. (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
4. (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
5. (horse racing) A race longer than one mile.
6. (rail transport) A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.
7. (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.

Example Sentences

We live near the bus route.

Follow Route 49 out of town.

Here is a map of our delivery routes.

The route was used so much that it formed a rut.

Word Forms

• routes
• routeing
• routing
• routed

Synonyms for route

Depending on context, synonyms include path, road.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include path, road, itinerary, roadmap, way, thoroughfare.

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