Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word The way taken to get somewhere, often marked on a map or used as a plan for travel or delivery.
Route
/ruːt/Synonyms:
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This word has no antonymsExamples:
The wind blew us far away from the trading routes.
The carriage rolled through Nantes, and took the route to Angers.
Spike picked that route on the way.
Etymology:
Route comes from the Old French rute or route which means road. This, in turn, derives from the Latin rupta, the feminine past participle of rumpere, meaning to break. Initially, it referred to a road created by breaking through obstacles.
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