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# route

«route» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way you go to get from one place to another** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#m2)

3) To route something is to send it a certain way. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/#m4)

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

### In the corpora

- [Map apps guess traffic from data sent by many phones and can suggest a faster route.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/15/)
- [Oranges came from Asia and spread along trade routes; in English the colour orange was named after the fruit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/289-food-from-around-the-world-how-crops-travelled-the-globe/8/)
- [Scientists put small GPS trackers on storks and found they use the same routes as their parents and stop at the same places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa/16/)
- [A route looks different on the way back, so looking behind you helps you recognise it later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/16-landmarks/9/)
- [Phone maps are helpful, but batteries run out, so it is wise to know your route too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/16-landmarks/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «route» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/route/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.