route

UK /ɹuːt/ US /ɹʉːt/
noun 5verb 4name 1

Definitions

noun

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.

We live near the bus route.

Here is a map of our delivery routes.

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.

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 […]

5

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

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.

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

verb

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.

verb

1

Eye dialect spelling of root.

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