26984 words

routes

13 definitions • 14 examples
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Examples:

The route we had planned took us right across Greece.
I live on a bus route so I can easily get to work.
2
a method of achieving something:

Examples:

A college education is often the best route to a good job.
3
a set of regular visits that you make to a number of places or people, especially in order to take products as part of your job
4
in the US, used as part of the name of numbered roads:

Examples:

Route 66
5
to send something somewhere using a particular way or direction:

Examples:

Deliveries are routed via/by way of London.
6
to send information from one computer network to another:

Examples:

When a customer buys, the purchase order is routed via the internet to each supplier's personal Web page.
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Examples:

The most direct route is to take the expressway.
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A route is also a fixed path for regularly moving or delivering people or things:

Examples:

bus routes
9
a particular way from one place to another, especially the way that a bus, train, plane, etc. travels regularly:

Examples:

10
a method of achieving something:

Examples:

a route to (doing) sth An internship is one of the best routes to gaining experience in the industry.
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to send information from one computer system to another:

Examples:

route sth from/to sth Find out how to use the application to route email from other folders in your mailbox.
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to send someone or something a particular way:

Examples:

route sth to/via sth Deliveries are routed via New York.

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