route

Definition

  • noun: a way to get from one place to another place
  • noun: a traveled way
  • synonyms: highway, address, air lane

Examples

  • ('US') She has a 'paper route'. [=('Brit') 'paper round'; a job of delivering newspapers to the same places every day]

  • I decided to 'go/take the traditional route' [=do the traditional thing] and have a big wedding.

  • We took 'the scenic route'. [=a way that is not the fastest way but that has beautiful scenery]

Movie quotes

  • (..) Eames, this is your dream. I need you to draw the security away from the complex, understand? - Who guides Fischer in? COBB: Not me. If I know the route, everything could be compromised. - I designed the place. COBB: No, you're with me. SAITO: I could do it. (..)
    2010 Inception
  • (..) Get us another seat on the plane. COBB: If I get on this plane and you don't honour our agreement... ...when we land, I go to jail for the rest of my life. Complete the job en route... ...I make one phone call from the plane... ...you have no trouble getting through immigration. - I'm sorry. (..)
    2010 Inception