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| route [ root, rowt ] |
noun (plural routes) |
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1. course: a sequence of roads or paths taken, or places passed through, in traveling from one place to another, or a plan of these
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2. progression: the course that something follows, or the way it progresses or develops
 My career might have taken an entirely different route.
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3. regular journey: a journey somebody regularly makes, especially a set sequence of stops made, e.g. by somebody delivering something
Their store wasn't on my usual route.
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transitive verb (past and past participle rout·ed, present participle rout·ing, 3rd person present singular routes) |
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send somebody or something along route: to direct or arrange for somebody or something to follow a particular course
All phone calls were routed through my office.
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| [12th century. < Old French route< Latin rupta, form of past participle of rumpere "break"] |
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