routed; routing
1
: to send by a selected route : direct
was routed along the scenic shore road
2
: to divert in a specified direction
Synonyms
Examples of route in a Sentence
Noun
We didn't know what route to take.
an escape route in case of fire
a major bird migratory route
You could take a different route and still arrive at the same conclusion.
Take Route 2 into town.
We live on a rural route.
Verb
Traffic was routed around the accident.
When the doctor is out, his calls are routed to his answering service.
Recent Examples on the Web
Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
There will be no changes to TARC's four most popular routes and there will be no changes to TARC3, a paratransit service.
—The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Eliot’s wife Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot — who inspired The Waste Land and was committed to a mental hospital — or even Zelda Fitzgerald, but Swift takes the Hollywood route here.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
There will be no changes to TARC's four most popular routes and there will be no changes to TARC3, a paratransit service.
—The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for route
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“Route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/route. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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1
: road sense 2a, highway
U.S. Route 66
2
: a course of action toward a goal
the best route to peace
3
a
: an established, selected, or assigned course of travel
explorers looking for a new route to the Indies
air routes to Europe
b
: a territory to be gone over regularly
a newspaper route
route
2 of 2 verb
routed; routing
: to send or transport by a certain route
route heavy traffic around the city
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