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.
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Caitlin Clarkson Pereira, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
But the route to developing practical and commercially viable quantum computers is far from clear, with multiple competing technologies and a host of organisations, large and small, racing to develop their own solutions.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2025
With Kimball as a through-road and police and other security routing foot traffic and vehicles, blocked off Main Street continues down to the bottom of the road, past the Town Lift chair lift.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Families being told to abandon their cars on evacuation routes to flee on foot and convalescent home residents being pushed down the street in wheelchairs as hot embers fly around them are scenes usually witnessed only in the movies.
—Caitlin Clarkson Pereira, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
But the route to developing practical and commercially viable quantum computers is far from clear, with multiple competing technologies and a host of organisations, large and small, racing to develop their own solutions.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
The Cougars bounced back from a home loss by routing Mission Viejo 57-40 Friday in a Sea View League game at Mission Viejo High.
—Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2025
With Kimball as a through-road and police and other security routing foot traffic and vehicles, blocked off Main Street continues down to the bottom of the road, past the Town Lift chair lift.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/route. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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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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