Topic: TRANSPORT
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| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Vulgar Latin rupta (via) 'broken way', from Latin ruptus 'broken' |
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route1 W2
[countable]
[countable]1TT a way from one place to another the most direct route home
the most direct route home2 a way between two places that buses, planes, ships etc regularly travel
cycle route (=a way between two places that only people on bicycles can use)
3 a way of doing something or achieving a particular result Kennedy arrived at the same conclusion by a different route.
Kennedy arrived at the same conclusion by a different route.