Meaning of "route" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ROUTE

From Old French rute, from Vulgar Latin rupta via (unattested), literally: a broken (established) way, from Latin ruptus broken, from rumpere to break, burst.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ROUTE

route  [ruːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROUTE

Route is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb route in English.

WHAT DOES ROUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Route

Route may refer to: ▪ Route or thoroughfare for transportation ▪ Airway, a designated path for aircraft ▪ Route number or road number ▪ Scenic route, a thoroughfare designated as scenic based on the scenery through which it passes ▪ Trade route, a commonly used path for the passage of goods ▪ Route, a path run by a wide receiver ▪ route, in computing, a program used to configure the routing table ▪ Route, County Antrim, an area in Northern Ireland ▪ Route, to cut a channel or groove in wood; see router ▪ Routes, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in northern France ▪ Routes, a 2003 adult game for the PC...

Definition of route in the English dictionary

The first definition of route in the dictionary is the choice of roads taken to get to a place. Other definition of route is a regular journey travelled. Route is also a main road between cities.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ROUTE

PRESENT

Present

I route

you route

he/she/it routes

we route

you route

they route

Present continuous

I am routing

you are routing

he/she/it is routing

we are routing

you are routing

they are routing

Present perfect

I have routed

you have routed

he/she/it has routed

we have routed

you have routed

they have routed

Present perfect continuous

I have been routing

you have been routing

he/she/it has been routing

we have been routing

you have been routing

they have been routing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I routed

you routed

he/she/it routed

we routed

you routed

they routed

Past continuous

I was routing

you were routing

he/she/it was routing

we were routing

you were routing

they were routing

Past perfect

I had routed

you had routed

he/she/it had routed

we had routed

you had routed

they had routed

Past perfect continuous

I had been routing

you had been routing

he/she/it had been routing

we had been routing

you had been routing

they had been routing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will route

you will route

he/she/it will route

we will route

you will route

they will route

Future continuous

I will be routing

you will be routing

he/she/it will be routing

we will be routing

you will be routing

they will be routing

Future perfect

I will have routed

you will have routed

he/she/it will have routed

we will have routed

you will have routed

they will have routed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been routing

you will have been routing

he/she/it will have been routing

we will have been routing

you will have been routing

they will have been routing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would route

you would route

he/she/it would route

we would route

you would route

they would route

Conditional continuous

I would be routing

you would be routing

he/she/it would be routing

we would be routing

you would be routing

they would be routing

Conditional perfect

I would have route

you would have route

he/she/it would have route

we would have route

you would have route

they would have route

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been routing

you would have been routing

he/she/it would have been routing

we would have been routing

you would have been routing

they would have been routing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you route
we let´s route
you route

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to route

Past participle

routed

Present Participle

routing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ROUTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «route» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of route

avenue · beat · circuit · convey · course · direct · direction · dispatch · forward · guide · itinerary · journey · lead · passage · path · road · round · run · send · steer · usher · way

TRANSLATION OF ROUTE

Find out the translation of route to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of route from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «route» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 路线
• Translator English - Spanish: ruta
• English: route
• Translator English - Hindi: मार्ग
• Translator English - Arabic: طَرِيق
• Translator English - Russian: маршрут
• Translator English - Portuguese: rota
• Translator English - Bengali: রুট
• Translator English - French: itinéraire
• Translator English - Malay: Laluan
• Translator English - German: Strecke
• Translator English - Japanese: ルート
• Translator English - Korean: 노정
• Translator English - Javanese: Rute
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tuyến đường
• Translator English - Tamil: பாதை
• Translator English - Marathi: मार्ग
• Translator English - Turkish: rota
• Translator English - Italian: itinerario
• Translator English - Polish: szlak
• Translator English - Ukrainian: маршрут
• Translator English - Romanian: rută
• Translator English - Greek: διαδρομή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: roete
• Translator English - Swedish: rutt
• Translator English - Norwegian: strekning

10 QUOTES WITH «ROUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word route.

1

Lynn Abbey

The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.

2

A. R. Ammons

Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.

3

Kristin Armstrong

It's not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities.

4

William Henry Ashley

The weather was fine, the valleys literally covered with buffaloe, and everything seemed to promise a safe and speedy movement to the first grove of timber on my route, supposed to be about ten days' march.

5

Alice Stone Blackwell

A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.

6

David Blunkett

Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.

7

David Boreanaz

I want to make films and write films, which will happen, I'm just taking a different route right now. I'm a bit of a chameleon with the whole entertainment industry so to speak.

8

Dorothy Corkille Briggs

The surest route to breeding jealousy is to compare. Since jealousy comes from feeling less than another, comparisons only fan the fires.

9

Laura Bell Bundy

I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.

10

Cara Buono

I've had a job since I was 11. I had a paper route, I worked at a video store, I was a toy doll at FAO Schwartz when I was in high school. And I think that it's made me really disciplined when it came to pursuing acting, because I had no clue how to go about it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUTE»

Discover the use of route in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to route and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

CCNP ROUTE 642-902 Official Certification Guide

This is the eBook version of the print title. Note that the eBook does not provide access to the practice test software that accompanies the print book.

Wendell Odom, 2010

The Pyrenean Haute Route

The second edition of this detailed walking guide to an 800km trek along the Franco-Spanish border, from Hendaye to Banyuls-sur-Mer, probably the most spectacular and challenging walk in the Pyrenees and one of the classic walks in Europe.

Ton Joosten, 2010

Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE) Foundation Learning ...

These guides are developed together with Cisco® as the only authorized, self-paced learning tools that help networking professionals build their understanding of networking concepts and prepare for Cisco certification exams.

Diane Teare, 2010

Chamonix to Zermatt: The Walker's Haute Route

This new edition has been thoroughly updated, and now includes the exciting two-day Europaweg - a true high-level path that carries the Haute Route way above the Mattertal and into Zermatt - a worthy conclusion to a great trek.

Kev Reynolds, 2012

Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country

No ordinary guidebook, Sierra High Route leads you from point to point through a spectacular 195-mile timberline route in California's High Sierra.

Steve Roper, 1997

The Route 66 Encyclopedia

The ultimate guide to America’s most famous highway. The Route 66 Encyclopedia is the complete resource on the history, landmarks and personalities that have made the USA’s most iconic highway.

Jim Hinckley, James Hinckley, 2012

Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route

In this book, Steven E. Sidebotham, the archaeologist who excavated Berenike, uncovers the role the city played in the regional, local, and “global” economies during the eight centuries of its existence.

Steven E. Sidebotham, 2011

Introduction to Place and Route Design in VLSIs

The book is organized in seven chapters.

Patrick Lee, 2007

The End to End Cycle Route: Land's End to John o' Groats

This handy pocket guidebook offers a detailed route description of an End to End cycle route from Land's End to John o' Groats, with over 350 OS grid refs included for GPS navigation.

Nick Mitchell, 2012

Route 66: Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion

Celebrating the history and current revival of a great American highway, the author paints a vivid portrait of life on Route 66, and the people who haunt it, including cattle rustlers, gangsters, hitchhikers, and everyday travelers.

Tom Snyder, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term route is used in the context of the following news items.

VIDEO: Plane makes emergency landing on Route 72 in Stafford

STAFFORD – A small airplane on a skydiving trip made an emergency landing on Route 72 late Sunday morning after suddenly losing power. The plane left the ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»

Big rock fall in Yosemite alters climbing route on Half Dome

"This is probably one of the 50 classic climbs in North America," Bailey said, adding that the northwest route remains open with signs warning climbers they must ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

Rifle-wielding suspect killed in police shootout on Route 51

A driver stuck in heavy traffic on Route 51 opened fire on police officers with an assault-style rifle and was killed by their return gunfire, ending a half-hour crime ... «WTAE Pittsburgh, Jun 15»

China opens new land route for Indian pilgrims to Tibet

BEIJING China inaugurated a new land crossing into Tibet on Monday for Indian pilgrims who wish to visit one of the holiest sites in both Hinduism and ... «Reuters UK, Jun 15»

Route du Sud: Contador wins stage 3 in Bagnères-de-Luchon

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) clashed as expected during the Queen stage of the Route du Sud but instead of fighting it out on ... «Cyclingnews.com, Jun 15»

Police: Fatality on Route 17 caused by rock falling from truck

The accident occurred shortly before 3 p.m. on Route 17 near the Hope and Union town line. Nash was driving east in a 2013 Honda Civic when the rock came ... «Bangor Daily News, Jun 15»

Deadly Tractor-Trailer Crash Shuts Down Route 3 WB In Rutherford

RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — All westbound lanes of Route 3 in Rutherford, New Jersey were shut down for several hours Monday, following a deadly ... «CBS Local, Jun 15»

Nepal under pressure to re-open Everest route after quake

In what could prove a highly controversial move, the Nepalese government has sent a team of Sherpas to Mount Everest to fix the route through the treacherous ... «BBC News, May 15»

Migrants killed by train in Macedonia while taking land route to …

Fourteen people died as they walked through a canyon in central Macedonia that is believed to be part of an increasingly well-trodden route into the EU. «The Independent, Apr 15»

Man rides on hood of car on Route 28

Other drivers on Route 28 in Harmar Township called 911 Sunday evening to report they saw a man gripping the hood of a Ford Explorer cruising down the ... «WTAE Pittsburgh, Apr 15»