route
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French route, rote (French: route) “road, way, path” (source: route on Etymonline)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
route (plural routes)
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- 2013 March 1, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 83:
- It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.
- The route was used so much that it formed a rut.
- You need to find a route that you can take between these two obstacles.
- 2013 March 1, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 83:
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- We live near the bus route.
- Here is a map of our delivery routes.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- Follow Route 49 out of town.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
- 2010, Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-68975-2, pages 156-7:
- If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route. […] Another route is to have a programmatic investment strategy […] . Rolex has taken this route and […]
- 2010, Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-68975-2, pages 156-7:
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
course or way traveled
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passing, course, road
way to do something
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Verb [edit]
route (third-person singular simple present routes, present participle routing or routeing (UK), simple past and past participle routed)
- To direct or divert along a particular course.
- All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
- (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to direct along a particular course
internet: to connect two LANs
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See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- route in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- route in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin rupta (via).
Noun [edit]
route f (plural routes)
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Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French route, from Latin rupta (via).
Noun [edit]
route f (plural routes)
Middle English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
route (plural routes)
Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
route f (oblique plural routes, nominative singular route, nominative plural routes)
- route (course or way which is traveled or passed)
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