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ALL meanings of route

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  • noun route way to a place 1
  • noun route bus, coach, train line 1
  • noun route regular itinerary 1
  • transitive verb route set path of travel 1
  • noun Technical meaning of route (networking)   /root/ The sequence of hosts, routers, bridges, gateways, and other devices that network traffic takes, or could take, from its source to its destination. As a verb, to determine the link down which to send a packet, that will minimise its total journey time according to some routeing algorithm. You can find the route from your computer to another using the program traceroute on Unix or tracert on Microsoft Windows. 1
  • transitive verb route mail, network: send, direct 1
  • noun route highway name 1
  • noun route way to achieve sth 1
  • 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
  • countable noun route A route is a way from one place to another. 0
  • countable noun route A bus, air, or shipping route is the way between two places along which buses, planes, or ships travel regularly. 0
  • countable noun route In the United States, Route is used in front of a number in the names of main roads between major cities. 0
  • countable noun route Your route is the series of visits you make to different people or places, as part of your job. 0
  • countable noun route You can refer to a way of achieving something as a route. 0
  • verb route If vehicles, goods, or passengers are routed in a particular direction, they are made to travel in that direction. 0
  • verb route If telephone calls or other electronic signals are routed in a particular way, the signals are sent through a particular series of connections. 0
  • noun route the choice of roads taken to get to a place 0
  • noun route a regular journey travelled 0
  • noun route a main road between cities 0
  • noun route the direction or course taken by a climb 0
  • noun route the means by which a drug or agent is administered or enters the body, such as by mouth or by injection 0
  • verb route to plan the route of; send by a particular route 0
  • noun route a road, way, or course for traveling; esp., a highway 0
  • noun route a regular course traveled as in delivering mail, milk, newspapers, etc. 0
  • noun route a set of customers whom one regularly visits to make deliveries, solicit sales, etc. 0
  • noun route an order for troops to march 0
  • verb transitive route to direct, send, forward, or transport by a specified route 0
  • verb transitive route to fix the order of procedure of (a series of operations, etc.) 0
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