route
IPA: rˈut
noun
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
- (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
- (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
- (horse racing) A race longer than one mile.
- (railway) 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.
- A surname from French.
verb
- (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
- (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.
- Eye dialect spelling of root. [To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.]
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Examples of "route" in Sentences
- The route was the reverse.
- The Green Route is one of the Commuter Routes.
- The road is also part of the European route E75.
- The road ends at the southbound merge with Route 15.
- The Gansu Corridor was the main route of the Silk Road.
- Route 63 bridges a discontinuity in the middle of the route.
- Most tram routes are on unreserved tracks and middle of the roads.
- All tram routes were on unreserved tracks and middle of the roads.
- A portion of State Route 84 runs along the historic Johnnycake Ridge Road.
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