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

  • (..) Why don't they answer? My ship! Blast! This'll take weeks to repair. Buzz Lightyear mission log, stardate ---. My ship has run off course en route to sector . I've crash-landed on a strange planet. The impact must've awoken me from hypersleep. Terrain seems a bit unstable. (..)
    1995 Toy Story