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route

noun
/ɹuːt/UK/ɹʉːt//ɹut/CA/ɹaʊt/US

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.

  1. derived from rupta via
  2. derived from rote
  3. inherited from route

Definitions

  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…

    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.
    • The Route 4 bus will arrive on 5th St. at Robinson Ave at 3:30.

  3. A road or path

    A road or path; often specifically a highway.

    • Follow Route 49 out of town.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.

      • 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 […]

    2. One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song,…

      One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.

      • Under the director were eight education promotion officials (quanxue yuan), each installed in a “route”(lu,corresponding to the policing ward).

    3. A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.

    4. A race longer than one mile.

    5. A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train…

      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.

    6. To direct or divert along a particular course.

      • All incoming mail was routed through a single office.

    7. to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.

    8. 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.

    9. Eye dialect spelling of root.

    10. A surname from French.

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Derived

bridge route, bus route, donkey route, down route, downroute, en route, on route, escape route, Euroroute, fixed route, fly route, Garden Route, go the route, great circle route, in route, kangaroo route, multiroute, oil burner route, panya route, paper route, poled route, preroute, red route, route indicator, routeless, routeman, route-march, route march, route mile, route of administration, route-one, route one football, route planner, route redistribution, route runner, route setter, route slip, route step, routeway, routon · +13 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at route. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at route. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at route

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA