routenoun [ C ]
uk/ruːt/us/ruːt//raʊt/B1 a particular way or direction between places:
The route we had planned took us right across Greece.
I live on a bus route so I can easily get to work.
C2 a method of achieving something:
A college education is often the best route to a good job.
US UK round 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
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- The route is all downhill from here to the finish.
- Police lined the route of the demonstration.
- We can decide which route to take nearer the time.
- Before the new railway was built, its route was carefully surveyed.
- Some airlines have cancelled less popular routes in an effort to maximize profits.
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Roads & routes in general
- ascent
- bicycle lane/path
- bike lane/path
- blacktop
- communication
- cycle lane/path
- fast link
- footstep
- inside lane
- one-way
- outside lane
- pass
- passable
- road
- road safety
- road sense
- shortcut
- switchback
- two-way
- way
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Ways of achieving things
Transferring and transporting objects
Route
B1 in the US, used as part of the name of numbered roads:
Route 66
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Roads: motorways
- access road
- artery
- autobahn
- carriageway
- clearway
- contraflow
- fast lane
- freeway
- hard shoulder
- highway
- interstate
- M, m
- overtaking lane
- passing lane
- pike
- ramp
- shoulder
- slip road
- superhighway
- toll plaza
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routeverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ruːt/us/ruːt//raʊt/to send something somewhere using a particular way or direction:
Deliveries are routed via/by way of London.
internet & telecoms to send information from one computer network to another:
When a customer buys, the purchase order is routed via the internet to each supplier's personal Web page.
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- funnel
- get sth in
- reroute
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- send sth on
- shipping
- trot
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