{
    "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."
}