re-route

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Definitions of re-route word

noun re-route a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston? 1
noun re-route a customary or regular line of passage or travel: a ship on the North Atlantic route. 1
noun re-route a specific itinerary, round, or number of stops regularly visited by a person in the performance of his or her work or duty: a newspaper route; a mail carrier's route. 1
verb with object re-route to fix the route of: to route a tour. 1
verb with object re-route to send or forward by a particular route: to route mail to its proper destination. 1
idioms re-route go the route, Informal. to see something through to completion: It was a tough assignment, but he went the route. Baseball. to pitch the complete game: The heat and humidity were intolerable, but the pitcher managed to go the route. 1

before 1175

One of the 8% oldest English words

1175-1225; Middle English: way, course < Old French < Latin rupta (via) broken (road), feminine past participle of rumpere to break; cf. rout1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".