Word Frequency
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
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
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 for 'route'
- British English: route A route is a way from one place to another....the most direct route to the town centre.ruːt NOUN
- Arabic: طَرِيق
- Brazilian Portuguese: rota
- Chinese: 路线
- Croatian: ruta
- Czech: trasa
- Danish: rute
- Dutch: route
- European Spanish: ruta
- Finnish: reitti
- French: itinéraire
- German: Strecke
- Greek: διαδρομή
- Italian: itinerario
- Japanese: ルート
- Korean: 노정
- Norwegian: strekning
- Polish: szlak
- Portuguese: rota
- Romanian: rută rute
- Russian: маршрут
- Spanish: ruta
- Swedish: rutt
- Thai: เส้นทาง
- Turkish: güzergah
- Ukrainian: маршрут
- Vietnamese: tuyến đường
- British English: route If vehicles, goods, or passengers are routed in a particular direction, they are made to travel in that direction. VERBDouble-stack trains are taking a lot of freight that used to be routed via trucks.
- Brazilian Portuguese: ser conduzido
- Chinese: 为…规定路线为為…规規定路线線
- European Spanish: encaminar
- French: diriger
- German: leiten
- Italian: istradare
- Japanese: 送る
- Korean: 운송되다
- Portuguese: ser conduzido ser conduzida
- Spanish: encaminar
Example Sentences Including 'route'
A shorter, 100 kilometre version of the route is also available.Cycling Weekly (2004)
At last, she could see a route that might take her to sleep.THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
I figured I'd be quicker picking up the motorway than going home by the more direct crosstown route.KICK BACK (2002)
Iran, a main route for drugs shipped from Afghanistan to the west, has intensified a battle against traffickers.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Justin was instructed to return home by a roundabout route.AMAGANSETT (2004)
The leaders ' workshops are aimed at people who have a special interest in walking, organising a walking group or developing a route.Irish Times (2002)
The paradise of the Hawaiian islands is thus the product of the most direct route to Hades we have on earth.THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
There is still a long way to go before the new route can open for business.Irish Times (2002)
Whatever the route taken, the cost is huge to an employer with no income.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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