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route

 
 
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
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
Homophone Note
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.