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ROOT/ruːt/

A route is a way from one place to another: the fastest route, a bus route, plan your route. Road is the physical street; route is the path you choose (it may use several roads). Way is a simple cousin. British pronunciation is often /ruːt/. Do not write root (of a plant) for route — same sound in British English.

Meaning

A way from one place to another.

Examples

• “This is the fastest route to the station.”
• “The satnav offered a quieter route through the villages.”
• “Which route does the night bus take?”

Good to know

the fastest / bus route. Physical: road. Homophone: root (plant). British /ruːt/.

Near in meaning

way

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