route
/ɹut/ noun B2- A course or way which is traveled or passed. · The 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 road or path; often specifically a highway. · Follow Route 49 out of town.
- One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
- One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
- A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
- A race longer than one mile.
- 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.
Plural routes
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Then your father ought to have met with you on the road, for it is exactly the same route which he himself took, and that is how we have been able to trace your journey to this place.”
“Sire, it was impossible to learn; the despatch simply stated the fact of the landing and the route taken by the usurper.”
“Aldgate, where the body was found, is considerably past the station London Bridge, which would be his route to Woolwich.”
Edmond concluded that perhaps instead of having reached the end of the route he had only explored its beginning, and he therefore turned round and retraced his steps.
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