Dictionary Entry
route
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɹʉːt/Word FrequencyCommon (5.5)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓A course or way which is traveled or passed.
In a Sentence
“The route was used so much that it formed a rut.”
Published Usage Examples
“Our route to this place was equally grand and experimental; grand, as to the width of the road, and beauty of the surrounding country -- but experimental, inasmuch as a part of the _route royale_ had been broken up, and rendered wholly impassable for carriages of any weight.”
“I proposed to travel with an English friend named Pottinger to Vienna, and thence by some adventurous route or other through Germany to Paris; which was a great deal more to undertake in those days than it now is, entailing several hundred per cent. more pain and sorrow, fasting, want of sleep and washing, than any man”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 12 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
From Old French 'route', from Latin 'rupta' meaning 'broken' or 'paved way'.
Common Phrases
