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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun route has 2 senses
- route(n = noun.location) itinerary, path - an established line of travel or access; Array has particulars: feeder line, main line, data track, track, air lane, airway, flight path, skyway, approach pattern, pattern, traffic pattern, flight path, beat, round, bus route, line of flight, line of march, celestial orbit, orbit, electron orbit, orbit, paper round, paper route, beeline, circuit, crosscut, supply line, supply route, line of fire, flyway, migration route, fairway, direction, way, trade route, northwest passage
- route(n = noun.artifact) road - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation; Array has particulars: access road, slip road, bypath, byroad, byway, causeway, clearway, corduroy, detour, roundabout way, drive, parkway, drive, driveway, private road, highway, main road, line, rail line, railway line, post road, roadway, crosscut, cutoff, shortcut, side road, skid road, speedway, thoroughfare, cart track, cartroad, track, turnoff
is a kind of line
Derived forms verb route3, verb route2
has parts: bend, curve, crest, crown, carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection, roadbed, berm, shoulder, circle, rotary, roundabout, traffic circle, turnaround, turnout, widening
is a kind of way
Derived forms verb route2, verb route1
Verb route has 3 senses
- route(v = verb.motion) Array - send documents or materials to appropriate destinations; Array is one way to despatch, dispatch, send off
- route(v = verb.motion) Array - send via a specific route; Array is one way to direct, send
- route(v = verb.motion) Array - divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders" is one way to divert
Derived form noun route2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derived forms noun route2, noun route1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived form noun route1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
route, n. [OE. & F. route, OF. rote, fr. L. rupta (sc. via), fr. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break; hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. See Rout, and cf. Rut a track.].
The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march. [1913 Webster]
"Wide through the furzy field their route they take."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
route, Mil. also n. & v.
--n.
1 a way or course taken (esp. regularly) in getting from a starting-point to a destination.
2 US a round travelled in delivering, selling, or collecting goods.
3 Mil. archaic marching orders.
--v.tr. (routeing) send or forward or direct to be sent by a particular route.
--n.
1 a way or course taken (esp. regularly) in getting from a starting-point to a destination.
2 US a round travelled in delivering, selling, or collecting goods.
3 Mil. archaic marching orders.
--v.tr. (routeing) send or forward or direct to be sent by a particular route.
Idiom
route man US = ROUNDSMAN 1. route march a training-march for troops.
Etymology
ME f. OF r(o)ute road ult. f. L ruptus broken
THESAURUS
route
address, air lane, avenue, beat, carry, circuit, conduct, consign, convey, course, direct, direction, dispatch, escort, flight path, forward, itinerary, lead, line, orbit, passage, path, pilot, primrose path, remit, road, round, run, sea lane, see, shepherd, ship, shortcut, show, steer, tour, track, trade route, traject, trajectory, trajet, transmit, walk, wayROGET THESAURUS
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Method
N method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.
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