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      route
      noun
      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.
      (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
      (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
      (rail transport) 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.
      (horse racing) A race longer than one mile.
      A surname from French.
      (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
      verb
      (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
      (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.
      (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
      Eye dialect spelling of root. [To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.]
      Roots
      rumporout- · Latin · break
      Synonyms for route
      pathnroadnitinerarynwayntrajectshortcutn
      Words related to route
      routemanwaylessadjbypathnbyroadnreroutedetournthoroughfarenbywayncircuitynpathwaynhighwaynhighroadntramroadroadwaynbikewayadjruttieradjautoroutethruwayntrailncontraflowfootpathnpathlessadjcircuitousadjexpresswaynparkwayncircuitousnessnturnpikenlanesnbystreetsuperhighwayn

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