route.
A course or way which is traveled or passed.
Meaning & usage
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.
One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
A race longer than one mile.
A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt. Unrelated to road.
To direct or divert along a particular course.
All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
To send (information) through a router.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt. Unrelated to road.
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