Definition of ROUTE

route

Meanings

Plural: routes

Noun

  • an established line of travel or access
  • an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
  • A course or way which is traveled or passed.
  • A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
  • A road or path; often specifically a highway.
  • One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
  • One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
  • A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
  • A race longer than one mile.
  • 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.

Verb

  • send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
  • send via a specific route
  • divert in a specified direction
  • To direct or divert along a particular course.
  • to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
  • To send (information) through a router.
  • Eye dialect spelling of root.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route.

Synonyms

itinerary, path, road

Scrabble Score: 5

route is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
route is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
route is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

route is a valid Words With Friends word