1A way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.

1. 1.1The line of a road, path, railroad, etc.
   ‘Some of the worst black spots occur on train routes or main arterial roads around the country.’
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   • ‘New railway routes had enabled suburbs to spread far beyond the gold-rush city, so that, by 1891, Melbourne encompassed twice the area of Sydney.’
   • ‘Such information can then let them target ads for specific markets to specific bus lines or train routes.’
   • ‘Bridges and tunnels are being built to link cities and towns to the railway route.’
   • ‘One of the locations may not contain necessary connectors such as ferry routes or main roads.’
   • ‘The car proved very enjoyable to drive on the twisty roads of the test route behind Barcelona.’
   • ‘The 7.8 acre site on the Kinsale Road in Cork is close to the Kinsale roundabout giving access to the South Ring Road, Lee Tunnel and main arterial routes.’
   • ‘Other hot spots include Williamstown, Grantstown and Ballygunner, which follow the route of the Waterford ring road.’
   • ‘Brave campaigners occupy beautiful wildlife sites along imminent road routes, tunnelling deep before the bulldozers move in.’
   • ‘Campaigns tended to be fought along railway routes, which sometimes made the armoured train decisive.’
   • ‘A number of avenues could be explored to resolve the problem of vehicles striking low railway bridges in areas outside the main motorway routes.’
   • ‘This corridor would connect Sligo, Galway, Limerick and Cork and open up rail services to towns along the now largely abandoned railway route.’
   • ‘Founded in 1924, the airline flew on routes between London and destinations in continental Europe until 1927.’
   • ‘Ryanair now operates dozens of new routes to destinations all over Europe, but out of Stansted, in London.’
   • ‘Container integrity is the reasonable assurance that the contents shipped - via overseas and truck routes - are those that were ordered.’
   • ‘Buses on dedicated routes can regularly travel at 35 miles per hour and adhere far more closely to schedules.’
   • ‘The route will shorten travel time between Hong Kong and New York from 33 days to 26 days.’
   • ‘The site is close to the route planned for the extension of the M50, as well as Stackstown golf course and Marlay Park.’
   • ‘The accident happened at 9.30 pm on route 95 as a result of a previous accident.’
   • ‘The following year the Government launched a public consultation process for a route from Tallaght to Dundrum via the city centre.’
2. 1.2North American A circuit traveled in delivering, selling, or collecting goods.
   ‘The benchmark run was the actual milk collection and delivery routes used by the cooperative.’
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   • ‘The committee distributed weekly questionnaires on African American history, delivering them on routes primarily in black neighborhoods.’
   • ‘For example, we make sure all of the drivers on our routes deliver milk the same way.’
   • ‘The Texas company pioneered the use of wireless communications on delivery routes.’
   • ‘Another key to increasing same-store sales is adding wholesale business by upping the number of grocery stores and other outlets on delivery routes.’
   • ‘Data such as the weekly or daily sales figures from individual delivery routes across the country couldn't be accessed.’
   • ‘Rolling-store operators normally traveled set routes on each day of the week.’
   • ‘Chandler saved his pennies and began buying those routes, one by one, until 1886 when he owned virtually all the paper delivery routes in the city, including those of his employer's rivals.’
   • ‘They couldn't identify or eliminate unprofitable routes or product lines immediately.’
   • ‘Products are distributed in traditional ways on company routes as well as through chain warehouses and distribution centers.’
3. 1.3A method or process leading to a specified result.
   ‘the many routes to a healthier diet will be described’
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   • ‘Going the blazing guns route almost always resulted in extreme failure for me.’
   • ‘A fixed canon does not solve problems, nor provide a healthy route for progress.’
   • ‘As we continue to gain technical understanding of the routes of exposure, we gain practical understanding of steps that will reduce risk.’
   • ‘Significant rates of debt reduction by way of the bankruptcy route have consequences that can only be called catastrophic.’
   • ‘In a global market, consolidation has become a survival strategy, not a route for risk-taking.’
   • ‘These departments could follow the same route and describe their way of working in similar, proven ways.’
   • ‘This process involves examining the options available to achieve the agreed objectives and finding the strategic route forward.’
   • ‘If we can simply preserve as much of that wealth as we can, and use it as efficiently as possible, then we are a long way down the route to financial independence.’
   • ‘They enable more people to invest in property, but in a much more flexible manner than the traditional route of becoming a landlord.’
   • ‘When confronted with a risk, an entrepreneur weighs the costs and benefits, decides which route makes sense, and takes action.’
   • ‘If the bank is not going to dip into 2002 profits to deal with the problem, then shareholders need to know what other routes it might take to deal with it.’
   • ‘Both recognized that in the second half of the twentieth century the best way to succeed in theatre was via the nonprofit route.’
   • ‘I applied for Child Tax Credit months ago via the Internet route.’
   • ‘For many other immigrants, the route to economic stability was in self-sufficiency.’
   • ‘Two different routes have been followed by liberal institutionalists in their attempt to explain the emergence of regimes.’
   • ‘Physicians should choose the route of administration based on each patient's financial situation and the risk of noncompliance.’
   • ‘How H pylori is usually acquired and its route of transmission are unknown.’
   • ‘I've always believed that decency and honesty are the best routes to success.’
   • ‘Sports is producing more and more superstars as it becomes a route to riches.’
   • ‘I'm not someone who believes that working long hours is the route to riches.’

Send or direct along a specified course.