ROUTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does route mean? 

• ROUTE (noun)
  The noun ROUTE has 2 senses:

1. an established line of travel or access

2. an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

  Familiarity information: ROUTE used as a noun is rare.

• ROUTE (verb)
  The verb ROUTE has 3 senses:

1. send documents or materials to appropriate destinations

2. send via a specific route

3. divert in a specified direction

  Familiarity information: ROUTE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROUTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An established line of travel or access

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

itinerary; path; route

Hypernyms ("route" is a kind of...):

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "route"):

paper round; paper route (the route taken when delivering newspapers every day)

beeline (the most direct route)

circuit (an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to)

crosscut (a diagonal path)

supply line; supply route (a route over which supplies can be delivered)

line of fire (the path of a missile discharged from a firearm)

flyway; migration route (the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate)

fairway (the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters)

data track; track ((computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data)

direction; way (a line leading to a place or point)

trade route (a route followed by traders (usually in caravans))

electron orbit; orbit (the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom)

celestial orbit; orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another)

line of march (the route along which a column advances)

line of flight (the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air)

bus route (the route regularly followed by a passenger bus)

beat; round (a regular route for a sentry or policeman)

flight path (the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air)

approach pattern; pattern; traffic pattern (the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport)

air lane; airway; flight path; skyway (a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another)

main line (the principal route of a transportation system)

feeder line (a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline))

Instance hyponyms:

Northwest Passage (a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906))

Derivation:

route (divert in a specified direction)

route (send via a specific route)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

road; route

Hypernyms ("route" is a kind of...):

way (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another)

Meronyms (parts of "route"):

turnout; widening (a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park)

bend; curve (curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.))

turnaround (an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around)

circle; rotary; roundabout; traffic circle (a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

roadbed (a bed supporting a road)

berm; shoulder (a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road)

crest; crown (the center of a cambered road)

carrefour; crossing; crossroad; crossway; intersection (a junction where one street or road crosses another)

Meronyms (substance of "route"):

pavement; paving (the paved surface of a thoroughfare)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "route"):

bypath; byroad; byway (a side road little traveled (as in the countryside))

access road; slip road (a short road giving access to an expressway)

turnoff (a side road where you can turn off)

cart track; cartroad; track (any road or path affording passage especially a rough one)

thoroughfare (a public road from one place to another)

speedway (road where high speed driving is allowed)

skid road (a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled)

side road (a minor road branching off of a main road)

crosscut; cutoff; shortcut (a route shorter than the usual one)

roadway (a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel)

line; rail line; railway line (the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed)

highway; main road (a major road for any form of motor transport)

drive; driveway; private road (a road leading up to a private house)

drive; parkway (a wide scenic road planted with trees)

detour; roundabout way (a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked))

corduroy (a road made of logs laid crosswise)

clearway (a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown))

causeway (a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand)

post road (a road over which mail is carried)

Derivation:

route (send via a specific route)

route (send documents or materials to appropriate destinations)

• ROUTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they route    ... he / she / it routes   
Past simple: routed   
Past participle: routed   
-ing form: routing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Send documents or materials to appropriate destinations

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "route" is one way to...):

despatch; dispatch; send off (send away towards a designated goal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Send via a specific route

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "route" is one way to...):

direct; send (cause to go somewhere)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

route (an established line of travel or access)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Divert in a specified direction

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders

Hypernyms (to "route" is one way to...):

divert (send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

route (an established line of travel or access)

 Context examples 

Our route was certainly a singular one.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Drug delivery systems encompass the carrier, route, and target.

(Drug Delivery System, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Breast carcinoma spreads by direct invasion, by the lymphatic route, and by the blood vessel route.

(Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumor spread occurs via the hematogenous route or by direct extension from an adjacent anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Adult Brain, NCI Thesaurus)

Alternative mechanisms of eNOS activation may also provide a route to identify cardioprotective drugs.

(Corticosteroid Cardioprotection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A route of administration of a fluid drug form into a vein or veins, over a time duration of equal to or more than 24 hours.

(Continuous Intravenous Infusion, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually has an aggressive growth and may metastasize through the hematogenous route.

(Childhood Conventional Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

When mammals exhale, the depleted air follows the same route out of the body, exhibiting a so-called tidal flow pattern.

(Following the lizard lung labyrinth, National Science Foundation)

Choriocarcinomas disseminate rapidly through the hematogenous route; the lungs are most frequently affected.

(Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The first line will be a 6.5 kilometer route expected to start running in 2018 in Zhuzhou.

(Driverless Bus-train Hybrid Runs on Virtual Painted Tracks, VOA)