/ruːt/
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Translation
The way you go from one place to another, and the roads you take on the way.
Word origin
From Old French rute, from a Latin phrase rupta via meaning a way cut or broken through a forest.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- rupta via
- English cognates
- rout, rupture
Grammar
Gender
Pluralroutes
Examples
quickest .
A route is the whole way there, not one road.
9 .
Buses and trains follow the same route every day.
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You can choose your route, and each one takes a different time.
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