route
part of speech
noun (route, routes); verb (route, routes, routed, routing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A route is the way you go to get from one place to another. tree →
2) A bus route is the set way a bus takes, with its stops. tree →
3) To route something is to send it a certain way. tree →
4) To route an enemy is to defeat them so badly that they run away in disorder. tree →
sense in the lessons
a path with a length; comparing routes; stops on a bus route; in geography: finding a route on a map; in everyday life and safety: plan a safe route to school, with crossings and lights; phrases: «on the route», «escape route», «fire escape route», «the quickest route»
examples
- The bus route is 18 km long. tree →
- The short route is 5 km less. tree →
- There are 12 stops on the route. tree →
- Which route is shorter? tree →
- Plan the safest route to school with your family. tree →
- Our route went over the bridge and past the park. tree →
- Learn the fire escape route from your classroom. tree →
- The parcel was routed through London. tree →
- The emperor fell on him when he was off his guard, and routed his army completely. tree →
note
A length: compare routes by subtracting. Stops on a route are counted things. Pronounced «root» (UK) or «root/rout» (US). Not the same as «root» of a plant in spelling. The shortest route is not always the quickest.
In the corpora
- Map apps guess traffic from data sent by many phones and can suggest a faster route.
- Oranges came from Asia and spread along trade routes; in English the colour orange was named after the fruit.
- Scientists put small GPS trackers on storks and found they use the same routes as their parents and stop at the same places.
- A route looks different on the way back, so looking behind you helps you recognise it later.
- Phone maps are helpful, but batteries run out, so it is wise to know your route too.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «route» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.