route
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- pronunciation:
- rut
[or]
raUt
- features:
- Homophone Note
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
A route is a particular way that you go in order to get from one place to another.
Josh looked at a map to figure out the quickest route to the beach.The bus travels the same route every day.- synonyms:
- course, path, road, way
- similar words:
- highway
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definition 2: |
A route is a specific highway.
People drive very fast on route 80. |
definition 3: |
A route is the usual path taken and the usual series of stops that a person makes when they deliver or sell things to people in different places.
A dog bit the mail carrier when she was on her route.- synonyms:
- circuit, round
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related words: |
access, course, direction, pass, passage, path, trail |
Some people say
route and
root (a part of a plant) in exactly the same way. Others say
route so that it sounds just like
rout (to drive out). Whichever way you say it, remember how it's spelled.