route1 nounroute2 verb
routeroute1 /ruːt $ ruːt, raʊt/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINroute1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French, Vulgar Latin rupta (via) ‘broken way’, from Latin ruptus ‘broken’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a bus route
- I try to vary my route to and from work a little.
- If you don't enjoy driving on the main highways, try some of the rural routes.
- It looked as though the most direct route was through the forest.
- Rockland is hard to miss. Route 1 runs right through it.
- the westerly side of Route 128
- There are two routes we can take - this one along the coast or this one through the mountains.
- TWA sold some of its European routes to American Airlines.
- War has never been a painless route to peace.
- Why don't you take the scenic route?
- After a one-year hiatus the Honeywell Bracknell Half-marathon is back with a new route and a new date, June 7.
- Both of them have paper routes.
- Climbing Everest by two different routes is sensational; almost nobody has been photographed twice on top.
- Here the lady had to go on to her Iowa hometown by another route, and I got out.
- It feels as if days have gone by in the ten hours since they drove this route in the opposite direction.
- Please ask at any Somerset Tourist Information Centre for details of these and other routes and for information on bicycle hire.
- The first covers those sites where the main occupation is focused around the junction of two or more through routes.
- The kingdom was on a main migratory route between the Hub and the Rim.
THESAURUShow to go to a place
the road, path, direction etc that you must take in order to get to a place: · Are you sure this is the right way to the sea?· Will you come with me? I don’t know the way.
a way from one place to another that people use regularly or that is shown on a map: · There are two routes we could take but this is the quickest one.· the overland trade route between Europe and China
instructions on how to get to a place: · Let’s stop and ask someone for directions.· If you follow these directions you’ll have no problem finding the house.
a way of getting somewhere that is shorter than the usual way: · Let’s take a short cut across the field.· Taxi-drivers know all the short cuts.
especially spoken used especially when you ask someone to tell you which is the right way: · Can you tell me how to get to Grand Central Station?· It was getting dark and I wasn’t sure how to get home.
Longman Language Activatora wide road for travelling quickly British /freeway American a wide road connecting cities and towns, on which cars can travel fast for long distances: · The speed limit on motorways is 70 mph.· We headed east on the Pasadena freeway.a motorway bridge/cafe/garage etc: · A new motorway service station has been opened to encourage drivers to take a break.
American a wide fast road that connects cities and towns: · I got onto the highway and drove as fast as I could.highway 61/70 etc: · There's a rest stop somewhere on Highway 61.
American a wide fast road that takes traffic into and out of a big city: · They took the expressway to the airport.
American used in the names of some roads connecting towns and cities: · Rockland is hard to miss. Route 1 runs right through it. · the westerly side of Route 128
British a road that goes around a town, so that people can avoid driving through the town: · It will be much quicker if we take the by-pass rather than drive through the middle of town.· The village has become much quieter since the creation of the by-pass.
British /beltway American a circular road that goes around the edge of a large town, with roads leading off it into the centre of the town: · The property is ideally placed for access to the centre and the ring road.inner ring road (=a ring road that is inside another road that goes around a town): · a car park beside the inner ring road· We took the beltway around the city.
the way to go from one place to another the road, path etc that you must follow in order to get to a place: · The road was blocked, so we came back a different way.be the way: · Are you sure this is the way?way to/into/home etc: · Is this the way to Grand Central Station?· I think this is the quickest way into town.· Do you think you can find the way home by yourself?the right/wrong way: · I don't recognize this part of town - we must have come the wrong way.know the way (=know how to get somewhere): · Will you come with me? I don't know the way.
if you ask or tell someone how to get somewhere, you ask or tell them the way to a place: how to get to: · Can you tell me how to get to the Piazza Venezia?how to get there/back/home: · Come with me. I know how to get there.
the way from one place to another, especially a way that is used regularly and can be shown on a map: · If you don't enjoy driving on the main highways, try some of the rural routes.· It looked as though the most direct route was through the forest.· I try to vary my route to and from work a little.take a route (=follow a route): · There are two routes we can take - this one along the coast or this one through the mountains.
a way of getting somewhere that is shorter than the usual way: · Taxi-drivers know all the short cuts.take a short cut (=use a short cut): · Let's take a short cut across the field.
instructions on how to get to a place: · I checked the directions and turned left as I was told to.directions to: · The letter contained a wedding invitation and directions to the church.follow directions: · If you follow these directions you'll have no problem finding the house.
a way of achieving success, happiness etc · Her political career followed the usual route of local and then national government.route/path to · There's more than one route to a successful marriage.· the path to happiness and enlightenment
the most important means of making progress or achieving success: · In all types of advice work, listening is the key.the key to: · What's the key to getting a good night's sleep?· We feel that our policy of low-price products in plain packaging is the key to our success.
a way of becoming happy, healthy, successful etc that not everyone knows about or knows how to do: · I don't know what her secret is but she always gets top marks in exams.· Hollywood stars reveal their beauty secrets in next month's edition.the secret of somebody's/something's success: · Mr. Ritchie, you're a millionaire at the age of twenty. What's the secret of your success?
WORD SETSaccelerate, verbaerodynamic, adjectiveaerodynamics, nounairfreight, nounaisle, nounarr., baggage room, nounboard, verbboarding, nounBOL, booking office, nounbrake, nounbrake, verbbrake light, nounbrake shoe, nounbreakdown clause, bulk freight, C&F, cable car, nouncable railway, nouncargo, nouncarriage, nouncarrier, nouncart, nounCFR, change, verbchange, nounchassis, nounchopper, nounCMR, compartment, nounconcourse, nounconductor, nouncongested, adjectiveconnect, verbconnection, nounconsolidator, nouncontainer, nounconveyance, nounconvoy, nouncouple, verbcoupling, nouncourier, nouncourier, verbcrash, verbcrash, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncruise, verbcutting, noundead reckoning, noundelivery date, departure, noundestination, noundispatch rider, noundistribution channel, diverge, verbdouble-book, verbdrop-off, noundrop-shipping, nounelevated railway, nounengine, nounengineer, nounETA, nounfare, nounfeeder, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectivefloating insurance, flow, verbFOB, FOB airport, fogbound, adjectiveFOR, fork, nounfork, verbfree of particular average, adjectivefreighter, noungangway, noungross weight, Gro t, gyroscope, nounHague Rules, nounhelmet, nounhigh-speed, adjectivehijack, verbhijack, nounhitch, verbhub airport, ICAO, intercity, adjectiveinternational airport, interstate, adjectivekph, LGV, line, nounloading, nounluge, nounluggage, nounluggage rack, nounmachine, nounmarine insurance, mileage, nounmilepost, nounmotion sickness, nounmph, mudflap, nounnavigate, verbnavigation, nounnet weight, one-way, adjectiveopen insurance, outride, verbovertake, verbpackager, nounpannier, nounpart shipment, passenger, nounpayload, nounportage, nounporter, nounpropulsion, nounramp, nounreceiving office, red-eye, nounregional airport, re-route, verbreturn, nounreturn, adjectivereverse logistics, ride, verbroller, nounround-trip, nounround-trip, adjectiveroute, nounroute, verbrun, verbrun, nounschedule, nounsecond class, nounservice, nounship, verbshipload, nounshipment, nounshipper, nounshipping, nounshuttle, nounshuttle, verbsingle, adjectivesingle, nounski, nounskid, verbskid, nounstabilizer, nounstaging post, nounstall, verbsteering wheel, nounstopping distance, nounstowage, nounsubsonic, adjectivesupersonic, adjectivesurface transport, tailwind, nountanker, nounticket, nountime machine, nountimetable, nountourist class, nountowrope, nountrack, nountrack, verbtraffic, nountranscontinental, adjectivetransfer, verbtransfer, nountransit visa, nountransportation, nountransship, travel insurance, troop carrier, nountruckload, nountunnel, nountwo-seater, nountyre, noununderway, adjectiveU-turn, nounviaduct, nounwheel, nounwheel, verbwreck, nounyaw, verbyield, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + route
An alternative route is along the Via Unione. The bus took a very long and roundabout route.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The motorway is the most direct route.
· Let's look at the map and work out the best route.
· We took the shortest route back to the hotel.
(also a circuitous route formal) (=one that is not at all direct)· Sorry we're late. We took a rather circuitous route.
(=a route that is not direct but goes through beautiful country)· I decided to take the scenic route.
· She followed the northerly route across Spain to Bilbao.
· He had intended to return by the same route.
· Is this a different route than the one we took before?
(=one that you can use instead)· Holiday-makers bound for South Wales are advised to find an alternative route.
(=a way of leaving a building or place in an emergency such as a fire)· Check that your escape route is clear.
verbs· Are we following the right route?
· They had been forced to take a longer route.
· We studied the map and planned our route.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES An alternative route is along the Via Unione.· We live very near a main bus route.
(=the way that follows the coast)· I’d prefer to take the coast route.
(=a road or railway line that commuters use)
· A crowd lined the street to catch a glimpse of the president.
(=way of getting somewhere on a cycle)· I bought a map of all the cycle routes in the area.
· All their escape routes had been blocked.
(=someone’s only chance of getting away from a bad situation)· Bankruptcy offered his only escape route from mounting debt.
(=a way out of a building, plane etc, used in an emergency or a fire)· Staff must become familiar with the building’s exit routes.
The bus took a very long and roundabout route.· This means finding alternative routes to success, and it means measuring and treasuring success in small amounts.· Hobsbawm sees the main theme as a mapping of various alternative evolutionary routes in the history of mankind.· At the quantum level the individual alternative routes have only amplitudes, not probabilities.· This alternative route of return is strongly recommended.· With the historic, traditional routes being closed, they are being forced to find new, alternative routes.· This was an alternative route we had considered in planning so we were dismayed by fresh news.· City Lands director Peter Coffey said alternative access routes were impractical or too costly.
· It is saying too much in that the same normative consequences can sometimes be reached by different routes.· Different individuals marked with the white smoke. Different route back home perhaps.· And its aims travel in the same direction, albeit by a slightly different strategic route.· But it does not explain why animals took a different route.· Sheila Rowbotham had taken a different route after graduation from Oxford in 1962.· All three experiences lead, by a slightly different route, to similar qualifications.· Drinking alcohol can do roughly the same thing, though by a different route.
· Previously a runner could choose to make the 900 foot ascent on the same direct route as the descent.· It looked as if the most direct route was through the green blotch on the map and the horizon: pines.· From here it's a pretty direct route back to National Airport tomorrow.· In general, pedestrians prefer to walk on the level and by direct routes.· Left: Laybacking up the final pitch of Direct route, Dinas Mot.· This was the most direct route from Rome to Byzantium.· These two mills were also on the direct route to Bristol and within a few miles of Fromebridge.· All the direct routes to Ireland are carefully guarded.
· Pausing a moment to work out the best route, the Doctor set off to find a stair leading down.· The best route is to fly Air Cambodge into Siam Reap.· Sergeant Ninez was playing with his compass and map, measuring distances and calculating the best route back to Orange.· Like Kimpton, Conley believes that the small tightly run hotel is often the better route to profitability.· Luckily there are equally good routes on the walls to the side.· There were plenty of other boys to follow him down the good physician's route to Fitzwilliam Square.· So for purely practical reasons, microbes were the best route for discovering new antibiotics.· What was the best route in and out of the palace?
· This made route 30, now over 14 miles in length, the longest tram route in London.· On a long pass route, the legs of Michael Irvin and Rod Woodson became entangled.· He had chosen a long route home, in order to have time to think.· Blown engines, driveshaft failures, the 1,500 mile long route is littered with hard luck stories.· About 100 patients had to go by a longer ground route or by helicopter to find a hospital.· In her agitation she had taken the longer route on to the Quay de Cologny.
· What is the detour index for the main valley route on the map?· Shortens the route by some two miles though it involves going slightly higher than the main route.· From here you can continue along the main route as described above.· The kingdom was on a main migratory route between the Hub and the Rim.· Also, standards of service on many main line routes were improved considerably, particularly the inter-urban routes.· Many were main or arterial routes.· As soon as she left the main tourist route it became quieter and darker.· Hand contact surfaces are also the main route of infection from the toilet.
· Indeed, no major routes closed in the eighties.· Eldridge Rigg says Tucson was a much smaller place then, and that Oracle Road was still a major route through town.· The cuddly robot may be a major route through which we communicate with the world of information.· The others were largely abandoned as major routes.· The major road route is the A21 which is linked to the M25, providing the quick route around London.· By 1918 there were very few sailing ships left on the major shipping routes.· They do not monitor in the area - which suggests that they don't think it is a major exposure route.
· Will whoever is ripping the pages out of the Stoney new route book please grow up.· One casualty is Gary Gibson's string of new routes at Craig-y-Biceps.· Its power continued till the fifteenth century, after which it declined in face of competition from new trade routes opening up.· After a one-year hiatus the Honeywell Bracknell Half-marathon is back with a new route and a new date, June 7.· Last summer he took his solitary art one stage further, opening two new routes on Mont Blanc in a single trip.· How can this be agreed with the present proposal for the new crosstown route?· Could we possibly be going to have a bridleway instead of a new cross-town route?
· Mr. Chope Consultants are working on possible route options, and we plan to publish them in the summer of next year.· Late-season enthusiasm remained higher for more teams when there were two possible routes into postseason play rather than one.· There are several possible routes to choose - try retracing your steps as far as Suileag.· Two possible routes to Mars are illustrated in figure 4.18.· Figure 16.1 indicates a number of possible routes to ego-identity achievements.· Each of these possible routes deserves investigation.· In 1977 the Neeman committee studied possible routes and recommended the one leading from Qatif to Massada.
· Finally, by the roundabout route, we reached St Paul's churchyard where we were to meet the boys.· WindowWorks follows the most roundabout route for merging data from the database into a document.· This time they approached from across the field above the bank, a roundabout route.· Which he then sent off-planet, by various well-disguised and roundabout routes, to an unknown recipient.· And artists are not the only ones to take a roundabout route.
· Using a gate or stile to cross fences, hedges and walls is usually the safest route.· Naturally the shepherds who had brought their flocks across must know the safest route.· The airline's safest route remains a merger or takeover.· Brown said such a closure would help keep Muni buses and trains flowing and provide a safer route for bicyclists.· The package would cross the Wall by another safer but slower route.· That is, after all, the safest route through the treacherous waters of a scientific conflict.· Soviet deputies moderate pace of economic change Ryzhkov takes safe route to reforms.· We have also lost more than 20 percent of manufacturing jobs, traditionally the safest route to good wages for non-college graduates.
· It's a scenic coastal route from which, on a clear day, the Isle of Wight comes into view.· It was Harlequins who opened the scoring ... Mike Wedderburn taking the scenic route to the corner flag.· Above, it's along way home, but at least the competitors get to take the scenic route.· They took the scenic route back to the Palace.· This is something of a well organized pastime here, and there are many scenic routes to take.
· The canal provided a shorter sea route for steamships, which enabled them to reach their destinations before the clippers.· Launched a pilot program in May that allows up to two bikes on front-end racks on several short, hilly routes.· Try the shortest route from St Abb's visitor centre, or split the full walk into two separate excursions.· Twin Otters were tried for a while, but proved uneconomic on short routes.· As this is such a short route it is best to combine it with Days Four or Six.· Cart transport survived both in direct competition on shorter routes and by taking goods to and from railway stations.· As cyclists choose shortest routes, the network should be dense, with virtually all roads accessible for cycle movement.
NOUN· Britain still hoped that a Commonwealth front could be achieved, with considerable internal control of Empire air routes.· Even less important than long-distance roads were air routes.· The meetings produced wide-ranging agreement on the need for full co-operation on operation of the Empire air routes.
· It was thoughtful of Rufus because it's on the bus route.· There will be interchange here with Vogtlandbahn services and two bus routes.· Which of them is nearest to a bus route?· Pre-war poster for Circular bus route 22, which replaced the Layton and Central Drive trams in 1936.· But as shopping habits changed many traders shut up shop and moved out blaming recession, traffic restrictions and fewer bus routes.· The stations will be rebuilt with high-level platforms, new buildings and convenient interchange with local bus routes.· No previous experience is required although an interest in bus routes and cold soup would prove useful.
· Use of quieter, cleaner lorries and the development of cycle routes will be encouraged.· The principal conclusion was that in urban areas single cycle routes do not have a clear large-scale effect.· They also want to integrate access with public transport and cycle routes.
· In particular, you should familiarise yourself with fire escape routes. c. What about local resort conditions?· After fleeing Illinois for Utah, the Mormons had always been obsessed with finding escape routes to the sea.· Mr Letts tried to block their escape route and was mown down.· I glanced back over my shoulder, at the same time looking for an escape route.· The last side street which could have provided any escape route for the marchers was by now several hundred yards behind them.· We had planned our escape routes beforehand.· But unless escape routes have been allowed, that response will be thwarted.· Besides, Simon's door was the one she was counting on: she didn't need any other escape route.
· Will it be a useful reference route map and a compass?· A London Underground route map. 12.
· Mr Mobutu had cut the supply route after a dispute with Mr Savimbi.· The bases and the well-traveled supply routes that kept them run-ning were as obvious as Nui Ba Den.· From the summit there is a view of the Roman supply route, Dere Street.· None of the supply routes go close to the point where Sunderby's aircraft ditched.· At other times, they waged an incessant guerrilla war, attacking isolated Roman garrisons, ambushing caravans, cutting supply routes.
· Its power continued till the fifteenth century, after which it declined in face of competition from new trade routes opening up.· Battles over access to shipping lanes and trade routes are commonplace, and piracy returns in modern trappings.· The king's highway, an important trade route, ran down the eastern plateau.· We will see how the mummies occupied the midpoint of the most important overland trade route in Eurasian history.· Even in the neolithic period, a skein of east-west trade routes was established across the Aegean.· After the Middle Ages, trade routes changed and the island lost its importance.· The city lies on the main trade route between the Reikland and lands further west, and the Kislevites to the north.· The Elf fleets cleared the northern seas of their Naggarothi kinsfolk. Trade routes lost during the Sundering were re-opened.
VERB· He had chosen a long route home, in order to have time to think.· Supermodel Kim Alexis chose the latter route.· I chose the more orthodox route via Lisbon and Sal and arrived safely at my destination at Praia on the appointed day.· Or do I choose the Palais-Royal garden route?· Now they were passing by the foundries, the guides choosing neglected routes to disorient the younger cadets, so it seemed.· We chose our routes, grouped our divisions, and mapped our opening move.· We skirted the artificial Llys y-fran reservoir and chose a route back on the tiny lanes which connect the farms.· He chose accessible routes, found accommodations in remote areas and was knowledgeable about local plants, animals and customs.
· Though nearly fifty years later I have followed a similar route to Orwell's, his book is all that we share.· About 89 % of the 40K atoms in any group of atoms follow this route.· Shipping, air transport, telephone and telegraph generally follow these routes.· Fundamentalists preach that if one follows their rigorously prescribed route, one will be saved.· But motorists, explorers and connoisseurs of beauty will follow the usual route departing along the A.83s.· Many current highways do indeed follow ancient routes.· To this day, I continued to follow the route of his hearse into a withdrawing space beyond this earth.
· Praha Metro is also planning a fourth route linking the city centre and the southern suburbs.· Get out all the relevant maps beforehand and plan out your route. 3.· They use the room as a lounge, while studying his schedule, planning the routes and waiting.· Retail and restaurant units are also planned on the pedestrian routes linking Gresham Street and Cheapside.· Your Family Evacuation Plan Get a good map and plan various evacuation routes, avoiding low-lying areas.· They had to plan a route that would take them over 50 kilometres in a three day period.· Once the Sea Knight approached the zone on a planned route, the Cobra was to swing back around.
· The Clyde cycleway provides a traffic-free route from Glasgow centre and follows the river Clyde to its source.· In societies where women are not secluded, services have been provided along routes regularly traveled by the women.· The last side street which could have provided any escape route for the marchers was by now several hundred yards behind them.· Asymptotic orbital stability provides one route of dissipation.· The canal provided a shorter sea route for steamships, which enabled them to reach their destinations before the clippers.· Brown said such a closure would help keep Muni buses and trains flowing and provide a safer route for bicyclists.· Equally they can provide a route to University or other Higher Education.· Consequently, this provides a potential route for portal venous blood to reach the liver.
· The drivers are retracing the route of the Great Western Railway, built more than one hundred and fifty years ago.· I retrace my route across the foothills and along the old road.· She saw him turn and start to retrace his tortuous route, almost falling in his eagerness to return.
· He should be working, she thought, her mind taking off down another route.· So she took the route of a lot of young people who have college degrees but are still floundering for a career.· We take the bold route, and walk forward.· Trina has decided to take on a paper route.· No-one cared how long we had taken on the route.· Amelia took the more northerly route east on her way home.· I am not sure if any time is saved by taking this route, but it is much more interesting.· Manion took the route along the river to get to Grant Street.
· Many might seek to use the asylum route and, indeed, it would be naive to think otherwise.· Officials expect the plan will eventually force illegal immigrants to use routes outside the 66-mile San Diego sector.· They went back to their house through the narrow streets, using a complicated route in case anyone was following them.· Bees, ants and some other Aculeate Hymenoptera remember the visual landmarks they use in following routes to and from their nests.· Drivers have been told they should use the A167 route instead.· It does mean though bus services being used on routes which people want to use.· A particular place in the fence has been used as a route to cross the railway.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► well-trodden path/track/route etc
1a way from one place to anotherroute to/from- But Route 66 is making a comeback.
- But Route 66 shows that nostalgia is positively hip.
- But long before that jalopy set out on Route 66, the wild oat had done its landscape-altering work.
- Eleven years ago, highway officials voted, in essence, to take Route 66 off the map.
- Is it not also an ideal metaphor for Dole: Route 66, the thread that runs through his life?
- Readers can buy shirts, maps, Route 66 wristwatches or videos.
- Stories include those surrounding the phantom appearances on Route 66 and the haunted Birdcage Theatre in Bisbee.
- By comparison with trying to sleep on the cramped seating of today's long-haul flights it was luxury indeed.
- Hence the decision to buy smaller wide-body jets for long-haul routes.
- It's jet lag and it affects nearly everyone on long-haul flights.
- Table 11.9 shows Kuoni's top long-haul destinations in 1983-4.
- The aunts have brought more baggage than the passengers Rainbow takes to long-haul flights at Heathrow.
- As he retraced his steps of the past day avoiding streets and roads, he stayed alert to the sounds around him.
- Ellsworth, who had gone ahead, retraced his steps to shepherd the two through.
- Frankie forgot the eggs and hurriedly retraced his steps.
- He kept walking; there was little point in making them suspicious by turning round and retracing his steps.
- It's an easy walk which can be extended as far as you wish without having to retrace your steps.
- It is best to retrace your steps for the return journey.
- There are several possible routes to choose - try retracing your steps as far as Suileag.
- Above, it's along way home, but at least the competitors get to take the scenic route.
- It was Harlequins who opened the scoring ... Mike Wedderburn taking the scenic route to the corner flag.
- They took the scenic route back to the Palace.
- An Axis supply convoy was now spotted by a Maryland, and on 7 May an attack was laid on.
- At other times, they waged an incessant guerrilla war, attacking isolated Roman garrisons, ambushing caravans, cutting supply routes.
- From the summit there is a view of the Roman supply route, Dere Street.
- Mr Mobutu had cut the supply route after a dispute with Mr Savimbi.
- None of the supply routes go close to the point where Sunderby's aircraft ditched.
- The bases and the well-traveled supply routes that kept them run-ning were as obvious as Nui Ba Den.
- This time Dennis claimed hits on a destroyer while Osborne inflicted damage on a supply ship.
What’s the best route to Cambridge?take/follow a route (=use a route) We weren’t sure about which route we should take. the most direct route home2a way between two places that buses, planes, ships etc regularly travelbus/air/shipping etc route Is your office on a bus route?cycle route (=a way between two places that only people on bicycles can use)3a way of doing something or achieving a particular resultroute to the surest route to disaster Kennedy arrived at the same conclusion by a different route.4Route 66/54 etc used to show the number of a main road in the US → paper routeCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + routea direct route· The motorway is the most direct route.the best route· Let's look at the map and work out the best route.the quickest/shortest route· We took the shortest route back to the hotel.a roundabout route (also a circuitous route formal) (=one that is not at all direct)· Sorry we're late. We took a rather circuitous route.the scenic route (=a route that is not direct but goes through beautiful country)· I decided to take the scenic route.a northerly/southerly etc route· She followed the northerly route across Spain to Bilbao.the same route· He had intended to return by the same route.a different route· Is this a different route than the one we took before?an alternative route (=one that you can use instead)· Holiday-makers bound for South Wales are advised to find an alternative route.an escape route (=a way of leaving a building or place in an emergency such as a fire)· Check that your escape route is clear.verbsfollow a route· Are we following the right route?take a route· They had been forced to take a longer route.plan your route· We studied the map and planned our route.route1 nounroute2 verb
routeroute2 AWL verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
route
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | route |
| he, she, it | routes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | routed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have routed |
| he, she, it | has routed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had routed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will route |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have routed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am routing |
| he, she, it | is routing | |
| you, we, they | are routing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was routing |
| you, we, they | were routing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been routing |
| he, she, it | has been routing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been routing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be routing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been routing |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- The rule also pushes up costs, since a non-bank can not route all its card business through its main finance department.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES An alternative route is along the Via Unione. The bus took a very long and roundabout route.
An alternative route is along the Via Unione.· We live very near a main bus route.
(=the way that follows the coast)· I’d prefer to take the coast route.
(=a road or railway line that commuters use)
· A crowd lined the street to catch a glimpse of the president.
(=way of getting somewhere on a cycle)· I bought a map of all the cycle routes in the area.
· All their escape routes had been blocked.
(=someone’s only chance of getting away from a bad situation)· Bankruptcy offered his only escape route from mounting debt.
(=a way out of a building, plane etc, used in an emergency or a fire)· Staff must become familiar with the building’s exit routes.
The bus took a very long and roundabout route.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► well-trodden path/track/route etc
to send something somewhere using a particular routeroute something through/via something- By comparison with trying to sleep on the cramped seating of today's long-haul flights it was luxury indeed.
- Hence the decision to buy smaller wide-body jets for long-haul routes.
- It's jet lag and it affects nearly everyone on long-haul flights.
- Table 11.9 shows Kuoni's top long-haul destinations in 1983-4.
- The aunts have brought more baggage than the passengers Rainbow takes to long-haul flights at Heathrow.
- As he retraced his steps of the past day avoiding streets and roads, he stayed alert to the sounds around him.
- Ellsworth, who had gone ahead, retraced his steps to shepherd the two through.
- Frankie forgot the eggs and hurriedly retraced his steps.
- He kept walking; there was little point in making them suspicious by turning round and retracing his steps.
- It's an easy walk which can be extended as far as you wish without having to retrace your steps.
- It is best to retrace your steps for the return journey.
- There are several possible routes to choose - try retracing your steps as far as Suileag.
- Above, it's along way home, but at least the competitors get to take the scenic route.
- It was Harlequins who opened the scoring ... Mike Wedderburn taking the scenic route to the corner flag.
- They took the scenic route back to the Palace.
- An Axis supply convoy was now spotted by a Maryland, and on 7 May an attack was laid on.
- At other times, they waged an incessant guerrilla war, attacking isolated Roman garrisons, ambushing caravans, cutting supply routes.
- From the summit there is a view of the Roman supply route, Dere Street.
- Mr Mobutu had cut the supply route after a dispute with Mr Savimbi.
- None of the supply routes go close to the point where Sunderby's aircraft ditched.
- The bases and the well-traveled supply routes that kept them run-ning were as obvious as Nui Ba Den.
- This time Dennis claimed hits on a destroyer while Osborne inflicted damage on a supply ship.
They had to route the goods through Germany. → re-route