route

n.

1. (Abbr. Rt. or Rte.)
   1. A road, course, or way for travel from one place to another.
   2. 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.]

noun

1. A course affording passage from one place to another: avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, street, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way. See move/halt, open/close.
2. An area regularly covered, as by a policeman or reporter: beat, circuit, round. See territory.
3. A means or method of entering into or achieving something desirable: formula, key, secret. Informal ticket. See means.

verb

1. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination: address, consign, dispatch, forward, send, ship, transmit. See move/halt.
2. To show the way to: conduct, direct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, shepherd, show, steer, usher. See show/hide.

v

Definition: send along a path
Antonyms: hold, keep

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[rōōt; rowt]

n. 1. a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination: our route was via the Jerusalem road.

2. the line of a road, path, railroad, etc.

v. routing

send or direct along a specified course: all lines of communication were routed through Atlanta.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD, NATO) 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.

IN BRIEF: A road or course to travel. Also: To send by a particular path.

The northern route is safer during the summer.

Tutor's tip: Can be pronounced like the word root or like the word rout.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - rute, vej
v. tr. - lægge rute

idioms:

• on route    undervejs
• route march    marchtur

Nederlands (Dutch)
route, weg

Français (French)
n. - (gén) chemin, trajet, (Transp) route, (Aviat) ligne, parcours, (fig) voie
v. tr. - expédier, acheminer

idioms:

• on route    sur la route, sur le chemin
• route march    marche d'entraînement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Route, Weg
v. - einen best. Weg fahren lassen, über einen best. Weg schicken

idioms:

• on route    auf dem Weg
• route march    (Mil.) Übungsmarsch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δρομολόγιο, πορεία, διαδρομή, ρότα, δρόμος
v. - χαράσσω διαδρομή/πορεία/ρότα, δρομολογώ, καθορίζω διαδρομή ή δρομολόγιο, αποστέλλω μέσω καθορισμένης διαδρομής

idioms:

• on route    καθ' οδόν
• route march    (στρατ.) εκπαιδευτική πορεία

Italiano (Italian)
rotta

idioms:

• on route    sulla rotta (giusta)
• route march    marcia di addestramento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rota (f), via (f), percurso (m)
v. - indicar a rota

idioms:

• on route    a caminho
• route march    ordem de marcha

Русский (Russian)
дорога, трасса, путь, курс, маршрут

idioms:

• on route    в пути, по дороге
• route march    походный марш

Español (Spanish)
n. - ruta, itinerario, camino, rumbo
v. tr. - dirigir o enviar por una ruta determinada

idioms:

• on route    en camino
• route march    marcha de entrenamiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rutt
v. - dirigera, planera rutten

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
路径, 路线, 途径, 确定路线, 按规定路线发送

idioms:

• on route    在途中
• route march    旅次行军, 便步行军, 长途步行

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 路徑, 路線, 途徑
v. tr. - 確定路線, 按規定路線發送

idioms:

• on route    在途中
• route march    旅次行軍, 便步行軍, 長途步行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 길, 행군 명령, 배달 구역
v. tr. - 발송하다, 항로를 정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 道, 道筋, 路線, 配達地域
v. - 経路を定める, 送る

idioms:

• on route    目標に向かって
• route march    旅次行軍, 長い歩き

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طريق, مسلك, قناة (فعل) يوجه, يرسل, يسير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסלול, נתיב, דרך, סיבוב של קניות, מכירות או הובלות‬
v. tr. - ‮שלח או ניתב לנתיב מסוים, שיבץ הזמנה בלוח-הזמנים‬

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