English noun: route |
1. | route (location) an established line of travel or access |
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| Synonyms | itinerary, path |
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| Broader (hypernym) | line |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | air lane, airway, approach pattern, beat, beeline, bus route, celestial orbit, circuit, crosscut, data track, direction, electron orbit, fairway, feeder line, flight path, flight path, flyway, line of fire, line of flight, line of march, main line, migration route, orbit, orbit, paper round, paper route, pattern, round, skyway, supply line, supply route, track, trade route, traffic pattern, way |
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| Instance hyponym | Northwest Passage |
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2. | route (artifact) an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation |
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| Synonyms | road |
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| Broader (hypernym) | way |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | access road, bypath, byroad, byway, cart track, cartroad, causeway, clearway, corduroy, crosscut, cutoff, detour, drive, drive, driveway, highway, line, main road, parkway, post road, private road, rail line, railway line, roadway, roundabout way, shortcut, side road, skid road, slip road, speedway, thoroughfare, track, turnoff |
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| Part holonym | bend, berm, carrefour, circle, crest, crossing, crossroad, crossway, crown, curve, intersection, roadbed, rotary, roundabout, shoulder, traffic circle, turnaround, turnout, widening |
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| Substance holonym | pavement, paving |
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English verb: route |
1. | route (motion) send documents or materials to appropriate destinations |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | despatch, dispatch, send off |
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2. | route (motion) send via a specific route |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | direct, send |
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3. | route (motion) divert in a specified direction |
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| Samples | Divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | divert |
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