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route

route
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [root, rout]
    • /rut, raʊt/
    • /ruːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [root, rout]
    • /rut, raʊt/

Definitions of route word

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

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Origin of route

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 Route

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

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

route usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for route

noun route

  • access — If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
  • alleyway — An alleyway is the same as an alley.
  • artery — Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body. Compare vein.
  • avenue — Avenue is sometimes used in the names of streets. The written abbreviation Ave. is also used.
  • back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.

verb route

  • address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
  • beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
  • beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
  • captaining — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
  • come over — If a feeling or desire, especially a strange or surprising one, comes over you, it affects you strongly.

Top questions with route

  • how much is a route canal?
  • what is a square route?
  • where is route 66?
  • where does route 66 start?

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