Meaning of route In English

• 0 a particular way or direction between places:

  • The route we had planned took us right across Greece.

  • I live on a bus route so I can easily get to work.

  • A college education is often the best route to a good job.

• 1 in the US, used as part of the name of numbered roads:

  • Route 66

• 2 to send something somewhere using a particular way or direction:

  • Deliveries are routed via/by way of London.

  • When a customer buys, the purchase order is routed via the internet to each supplier's personal Web page.

• 3 a particular way or direction between places:

  • The most direct route is to take the expressway.

  • bus routes

  • a supply route

• 4 a particular way from one place to another, especially the way that a bus, train, plane, etc. travels regularly:

  • a shipping route

  • a bus/train/plane route

• 5 a method of achieving something:

  • a route to (doing) sth An internship is one of the best routes to gaining experience in the industry.

• 6 →  round noun

• 7 to send information from one computer system to another:

  • route sth from/to sth Find out how to use the application to route email from other folders in your mailbox.

• 8 to send someone or something a particular way:

  • route sth to/via sth Deliveries are routed via New York.