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{
"term": "route",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a way that you follow to get from one place to another",
"sensetop": "route from A to Broute to somethingroute + adv./prep.",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Which is the best route to take?"
},
{
"text": "Motorists are advised to find an alternative route."
},
{
"text": "a coastal route"
},
{
"text": "the quickest route from Florence to Rome",
"contextForm": "route from A to B"
},
{
"text": "Mark showed me the quickest route to the hospital on foot.",
"contextForm": "route to something"
},
{
"text": "a key route through the city centre",
"contextForm": "route + adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "The shortest route home is along the shore."
},
{
"text": "The alley would take them on a more direct route to the Old City."
},
{
"text": "an **escape route**"
},
{
"text": "Thousands of people lined the parade route."
},
{
"text": "People gathered at points along the route to wave and cheer ."
},
{
"text": "Our route lay straight ahead and downhill."
},
{
"text": "There are plenty of bed and breakfasts along the route."
},
{
"text": "We had plenty of time so we took the scenic route."
},
{
"text": "We retraced our route in an attempt to get back on the right path."
},
{
"text": "You'll have to plan your route carefully."
},
{
"text": "a circuitous route through the narrow side streets"
},
{
"text": "the most direct route between Bangkok and Chiang Mai"
},
{
"text": "It's the best route into the city from the south."
},
{
"text": "There's really only one route from the north to the south of the country."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fast", "quick", "short"],
"verb + route": ["follow", "go", "take"],
"route + verb": ["cross something", "follow something", "go"],
"route + noun": ["map"],
"preposition": ["along the route", "on the route", "route between"],
"phrases": ["en route"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a fixed way along which a bus, train, etc. regularly travels or goods are regularly sent",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The house is not on a **bus route**."
},
{
"text": "**shipping/supply routes**"
},
{
"text": "a **cycle route** *(= a path that is only for )*"
},
{
"text": "Eventually, the main rail routes will be unable to carry any more trains."
},
{
"text": "Only one company operates on this route."
},
{
"text": "The airline currently flies this route twice a day."
},
{
"text": "The bus driver did not seem to know the route."
},
{
"text": "We live on the school bus route."
},
{
"text": "the air route from Berlin to Beijing"
},
{
"text": "Pirates menaced the shipping routes."
},
{
"text": "These were the ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fast", "quick", "short"],
"verb + route": ["follow", "go", "take"],
"route + verb": ["cross something", "follow something", "go"],
"route + noun": ["map"],
"preposition": ["along the route", "on the route", "route between"],
"phrases": ["en route"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a particular way of achieving something",
"sensetop": "route to somethingroute to doing something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **go down/take/follow** a particular **route**"
},
{
"text": "Some people decided to go down the route of violent protest."
},
{
"text": "This is not a route I would choose to take."
},
{
"text": "the route to success",
"contextForm": "route to something"
},
{
"text": "There are a number of routes to qualifying as a social worker.",
"contextForm": "route to doing something"
},
{
"text": "After this point, the two leaders pursue different routes."
},
{
"text": "Each person must follow their own route to happiness."
},
{
"text": "She does not believe that this is the route to a lasting peace."
},
{
"text": "Some young people see marriage as a kind of escape route."
},
{
"text": "The biography charts her route to fame from humble beginnings."
},
{
"text": "There are several tried and tested routes to developing your skills."
},
{
"text": "Education was the traditional route out of poverty."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used before the number of a main road in the US",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Route 66"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ruːt/",
"audio": "ro/route/route__gb_4.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ruːt//raʊt/",
"audio": "ro/route/route__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere."
}