route

Forms

1.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.
2.A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- Here is a map of our delivery routes.
- The Route 4 bus will arrive on 5th St. at Robinson Ave at 3:30.
- We live near the bus route.
3.A road or path; often specifically a highway.
- Follow Route 49 out of town.
4.One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.

1.To direct or divert along a particular course.
- All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
2.to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
3.To send (information) through a router.
- Google Glass has come under fire from privacy advocates because it can record video without subjects being aware of it, and that any video will be routed through Google's servers.
4.Eye dialect spelling of root.

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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.