route

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• (AU) (UK) IPA ^(key): /ruːt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /raʊt/ or /ruːt/

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Noun

Singular route

Plural routes

1. A route is the way someone goes from one place to another place.

   Could you tell me a route to the store from here?

   The road was rough. I should have taken a different route.

Verb

Plain form route

Third-person singular routes

Past tense routed

Past participle routed

Present participle routing

1. To send something or someone on a specific route.

   While the road was being fixed, the workers routed the cars along a different road.

   This computer routes email to the main computer.