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# route

noun (route, routes); verb (route, routes, routed, routing)

«route» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A route is the way you go to get from one place to another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#m1)
2. A bus route is the set way a bus takes, with its stops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#m2)
3. To route something is to send it a certain way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#m3)
4. To route an enemy is to defeat them so badly that they run away in disorder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#x1)
- The short route is 5 km less. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#x2)
- There are 12 stops on the route. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#x3)
- Which route is shorter? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#x4)
- Plan the safest route to school with your family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#x5)
- Our route went over the bridge and past the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#x6)
- Learn the fire escape route from your classroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#x7)
- The parcel was routed through London. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#x8)
- The emperor fell on him when he was off his guard, and routed his army completely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#x9)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «route» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«route» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/route.html) on Mova free.