route

A2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /rut/ UK /ɹuːt/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like ruth /θ/ vs /t/

Freq #2456

Meanings

1

noun
The way you take to get from one place to another.

What's the quickest route to the airport?
2

noun
A fixed series of stops, or the path followed between them, as for a bus or delivery.

The new bus route stops right outside our house.
3

noun
A way of achieving something; a method.

Hard work is the surest route to success.
4

verb
To send something along a particular path or course.

All complaints are routed through the customer service team.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the way you take to get... road

Word family

Forms routedroutesrouting

Derived forms downrouteeuroroutemisroutemultiroutepreroutererouteroutabilityroutableroute-marchroute-oneroutelessrouteman

Related forms bridgelanwan

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Phrases (1)

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migration route
a path regularly followed by migrating birds

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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go down that route
to choose a particular method or course of action

Simplified etymology

Route entered Middle English from Old French rute and ultimately goes back to Latin rupta via, literally “broken way.”

Etymology

From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt.

*Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European route Middle English rote Middle English rupta via Latin

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Topics

Places & Geography

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# route

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /rut/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹuːt/
**Frequency rank:** 2456

## Meanings
1. The way you take to get from one place to another.
2. A fixed series of stops, or the path followed between them, as for a bus or delivery.
3. A way of achieving something; a method.
4. To send something along a particular path or course.

## Examples
- What's the quickest route to the airport?
- The new bus route stops right outside our house.
- Hard work is the surest route to success.
- All complaints are routed through the customer service team.

## Derived Forms
- downroute
- euroroute
- misroute
- multiroute
- preroute
- reroute
- routability
- routable
- route-march
- route-one
- routeless
- routeman

## Related Forms
- bridge
- lan
- wan

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *Hrewp-
- Root: route
- Root: rote
- Root: rupta via

## Etymology
From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt.

## AI Etymology
Route comes from Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt. Modern senses include the way you take to get from one place to another. and a fixed series of stops, or the path followed between them, as for a bus or delivery.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as downroute, euroroute, misroute, multiroute, preroute, and reroute and related forms such as bridge, lan, and wan.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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