Definitions for route
rut, raʊtroute

path, route, itinerary(noun)
an established line of travel or access
road, route(verb)
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
route(verb)
send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
route(verb)
send via a specific route
route(verb)
divert in a specified direction
"divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"

route(Noun)
A course or way which is traveled or passed.
Etymology: route, rote
route(Noun)
A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
Etymology: route, rote
route(Noun)
A road or path; often specifically a highway.
Follow Route 49 out of town.
Etymology: route, rote
route(Noun)
An option for how to solve a given problem or achieve a given goal: a method, a way, a path, an approach.
Etymology: route, rote
route(Verb)
To direct or divert along a particular course.
All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
Etymology: route, rote
route(Verb)
to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet
Etymology: route, rote

Route(noun)
the course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march
Etymology: [OE. & F. route, OF. rote, fr. L. rupta (sc. via), fr. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break; hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. See Rout, and cf. Rut a track.]

Route
A route in a geographic information system (GIS) is: ⁕Any line feature, such as a street, highway, river, or pipe, that has a unique identifier. ⁕A path through a network.

Route
rōōt, n. a course to be traversed: a line of march: road: track.—n. Route′-step, an order of march in which soldiers are not required to keep step.—Star route, in the United States, a post route by means other than steam, the blank contracts for which have three groups of four stars. [Fr.,—L. rupta (via), 'a broken way.']

route
The prescribed course to be traveled from a specific point of origin to a specific destination. See also controlled route; dispatch route; lateral route; reserved route; supervised route.

route
The order for the movement of a body of men, specifying its various stages and dates of march.

route
An open road; the course of march of troops. Instructions for the march of detachments, specifying daily marches, means of supply, etc., are given from the headquarters of an army in the field, and are called marching routes.

route
A specific and known way of travel.
The route finder was easy to use.
Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020

Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'route' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1880
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'route' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1728
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'route' in Nouns Frequency: #609

Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of route in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of route in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Harold Diamond:
I went to play golf the next day and the guys in the clubhouse were talking about the jackpot-winning ticket someone bought at a Valero on Route 302, and I thought, wait a minute I bought a ticket there last night!
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:
I would certainly be in favor of allowing states to use the bankruptcy route, it saves some cities. And there's no good reason for it not to be available.
Herbert Butterfield:
The very fact of its finding itself in agreement with other minds perturbs it, so that it hunts for points of divergence, feeling the urgent need to make it clear that at least it reached the same conclusions by a different route.
Rocci Johnson:
After three months of a shutdown, the most difficult route would be to face another closure of our vital and important industry.
Mitch McConnell:
Doing nothing now ... (is) the surest route to both a taxpayer funded bailout of Puerto Rico and a humanitarian crisis for its people.