route /ɹuːt/noun 8verb 3forms 4 noun8 •a way planned or taken for traveling between two places, over land, by sea or through the airThe route was used so much that it formed a rut.You need to find a route that you can take between these two obstacles. •A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.We live near the bus route.Here is a map of our delivery routes. •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. •A road or path; often specifically a highway.Follow Route 49 out of town. •(figurative) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something. •A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives. •(historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.Under the director were eight education promotion officials (quanxue yuan), each installed in a “route”(lu,corresponding to the policing ward). — 2005 •A race longer than one mile. verb3 •To direct or divert along a particular course.All incoming mail was routed through a single office. •To send (information) through a router.Google Glass has come under fire from privacy advocates because it can record video without subjects being aware of it, and that any video will be routed through Google's servers. — 2014 •(Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet. formsrouted · routeing · routing · routes
