Refine this word faster
Route
Definitions
- 1 A surname from French.
- 1 A course or way which is traveled or passed.
"The route was used so much that it formed a rut."
- 2 an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation wordnet
- 3 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."
- 4 an established line of travel or access wordnet
- 5 A road or path; often specifically a highway.
"Follow Route 49 out of town."
Show 5 more definitions
- 6 One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something. figuratively
"If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route. […] Another route is to have a programmatic investment strategy […]. Rolex has taken this route […]"
- 7 One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits. historical
"The Chinese, ever since the first century of our era, have called the countries which we to-day name Kashgar and Sungaria, "routes." They referred them to their relative position on the two sides of the Tian-Shan, and called our Sungaria, Pe-lu, " northern route," and our Kashgar, Nan-lu, " southern route." The Turks gave other names to these countries; they called the northern route besh-balik, "the five cities," Pentapolis; the southern route was alti-shehr, " the six cities," Hexapolis."
- 8 A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
- 9 A race longer than one mile.
- 10 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.
- 1 To direct or divert along a particular course. transitive
"All incoming mail was routed through a single office."
- 2 Eye dialect spelling of root. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
- 3 divert in a specified direction wordnet
- 4 to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet. Internet
- 5 send via a specific route wordnet
Show 2 more definitions
- 6 To send (information) through a router. transitive
"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."
- 7 send documents or materials to appropriate destinations wordnet
Etymology
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.
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.
Borrowed from French Route, or a variant spelling of Routt.
See also for "route"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: route