route
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French rute (French: route) "road, way, path" (source: route on Etymonline)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP), (AusE)
- IPA: /ruːt/
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- Rhymes: -uːt
- (US)
- IPA: /raʊt/, /ruːt/
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- Rhymes: -uːt, Rhymes: -aʊt
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[edit] Noun
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route (plural routes)
- The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed.
- The route was used so much that it formed a rut.
- A passing; a course; a road or path; a march.
- The way to do something.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
course or way traveled
passing, course, road
way to do something
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[edit] Verb
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to route (third-person singular simple present routes, present participle routing, 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
[edit] Related terms
- (Internet) router
[edit] Translations
to direct along a particular course
internet: to connect two LANs
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- 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
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ʁut]
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[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
route f. (plural routes)
