route (noun)

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• route — ► NOUN 1) a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination. 2) N. Amer. a round travelled in delivering, selling, or collecting goods. ► VERB (routeing or routing) ▪ send or direct along a specified course. ORIGIN Old… …   English terms dictionary

• route — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fast, quick, short ▪ The shortest route home is along the shore. ▪ convenient, easy ▪ best …   Collocations dictionary

• route march — noun : a practice march in peacetime or one at a distance from the enemy in wartime in which troops maintain the prescribed interval and distance but are not required to keep step, maintain silence, or hold their arms in any one position * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• Route 128 — ˌRoute 12ˈ8 noun an area outside Boston, Massachusetts, where many computer research companies are situated: • the Route 128 region, the East Coast s answer to California s booming Silicon Valley * * * Route 128 UK US noun IT ► an area in the US …   Financial and business terms

• route step — noun Etymology: route (I) : the out of step manner of executing a route march used as a military command we were never given route step until after we d cleared the last of the company streets Richard Yates * * * route step, 1. a way of marching… …   Useful english dictionary

• Route One — ˌRoute ˈOne 7 noun uncountable (BrE) (in football ( ↑soccer )) kicking the ball a long way towards your opponent s end, used as a direct way of attacking, rather than passing the ball between players …   Useful english dictionary

• route agent — noun Etymology: route (I) : a postal employee accompanying mail being transported by train and receiving, canceling, and delivering mail along the route …   Useful english dictionary

• route-proving flight — noun A flight of aeroplanes sent out to test the possibilities and advantages of variants of a new service • • • Main Entry: ↑route …   Useful english dictionary

• route-step — routeˈ step noun An order of march in which soldiers are not required to keep step • • • Main Entry: ↑route …   Useful english dictionary

• route|man — «ROOT MAN, muhn; ROWT », noun, plural men. 1. a man who makes deliveries of products or who sells goods over a particular route. 2. a man in charge of routing deliveries or work in a factory, office, or the like …   Useful english dictionary

• Route 128 — 7 [Route 128] [ˌruːt ˌwʌn twentiˈeɪt] [ˌruːt ˌwʌn twentiˈeɪt] noun (in the US) an area in Massachusetts where there are many companies connected with the computer and ↑electronics industries From the name of an important road in the area …   Useful english dictionary