reroute

route

R r

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [root, rout]
- /rut, raʊt/
- /ˌriːˈruːt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [root, rout]
- /rut, raʊt/

Definitions of reroute word

noun reroute a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston? 1
noun reroute a customary or regular line of passage or travel: a ship on the North Atlantic route. 1
noun reroute 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 reroute to fix the route of: to route a tour. 1
verb with object reroute to send or forward by a particular route: to route mail to its proper destination. 1
idioms reroute 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

See all 9 definitions of reroute

Information block about the term

Origin of reroute

First appearance:

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

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Reroute

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Reroute

reroute popularity

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.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

reroute usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for reroute

verb reroute

divert — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.

Just one Synonym for reroute