route

1 noun (C)

1 the way from one place to another, especially a way that is regularly used and can be shown on a map

(+ to/from): What's the best route to Cambridge? | take/follow a route (=use a route): We weren't sure about which route we should take.

2 a road, railway, or imaginary line along which vehicles often travel: The London-New York route is the busiest. | Is your office on a bus route?

3 a way of doing something or achieving a particular result: the surest route to disaster | his route to fame and fortune

4 Route 66, 54 etc used to show the number of a main road in the US: Take Route 95 through Connecticut.

—see also: en route, snow route, trade route 2 verb (T) to send something or someone using a particular route (+ through/by): They had to route the goods through Germany. —see also: re­route