route (ruːt
)
Definitions
noun
- the choice of roads taken to get to a place
- a regular journey travelled
- (capital) US a main road between cities ⇒
Route 66
- mountaineering the direction or course taken by a climb
- medicine the means by which a drug or agent is administered or enters the body, such as by mouth or by injection ⇒
oral route
verb
Word forms: routes, routing, routeing, routed
(tr) - to plan the route of; send by a particular route
Word Origin
C13: from Old French rute , from Vulgar Latin rupta via (unattested), literally: a broken (established) way, from Latin ruptus broken, from rumpere to break, burstTranslations
- British English:
route
A route is a way from one place to another....the most direct route to the town centre.ruːt NOUN ...the most direct route to the town centre.
- Spanish:
ruta
nf
- French:
itinéraire
nm
- German:
Strecke
nf
- Chinese: 路线 n
- Arabic: طَرِيق n
- Portuguese: rota nf
- Russian: маршрут nm
- Croatian: ruta nf
- Czech: trasa nf
- Danish: rute nutr
- Dutch: route n
- Finnish: reitti n
- Greek: διαδρομή nf
- Italian: itinerario nm
- Japanese: ルート n
- Korean: 노정 n
- Norwegian: strekning nm
- Polish: szlak nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: rota nf
- European Spanish:
ruta
nf
- Swedish: rutt nutr
- Thai: เส้นทาง n
- Turkish: güzergah n
- Vietnamese: tuyến đường n
Usage examples
I figured I'd be quicker picking up the motorway than going home by the more direct crosstown route.
, KICK BACK (2002)A shorter, 100 kilometre version of the route is also available.
Cycling Weekly (2004)In fact the vessel was en route from the United Arab Emirates to Dundalk via Gibraltar.
Irish Times (2002)Nevertheless, Michael Forsyth, the-then Scottish secretary of state, insisted a private operator be given the route.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Perhaps they were walking the route , checking for assassins or for banana skins.
, TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)