route
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From Old French rute (French: route) "road, way, path" (source: route on Etymonline)
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route (plural routes)
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- 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.
- 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.
- The way to do something.
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course or way traveled
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passing, course, road
way to do something
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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
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to direct along a particular course
internet: to connect two LANs
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- route in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- route in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] French
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From Latin rupta (via).
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route f. (plural routes)
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route (plural routes)
