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route noun [ ruːt ]

• a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.
• "the scenic route from Florence to Siena"
Similar: way, course, road, path, avenue, direction, circuit, round, beat, passage, journey, flight path,

route verb

• send or direct along a specified course.
• "all lines of communication were routed through London"
Similar: direct, send, convey, dispatch, forward,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere .


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