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Definitions of route
  1. noun
    a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel
    synonyms: chaussée
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    chaussée
    one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
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    chemin
    an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
  2. noun
    an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
    synonyms: chemin
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    sortie, voie d'accés
    a short road giving access to an expressway
    chemin de traverse, rue secondaire, rue transversale, voie indirecte
    a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
    autoroute
    a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown)
    accès, grande voie de communication
    a wide scenic road planted with trees
    accès, chemin, entrée
    a road leading up to a private house
    autoroute
    a major road for any form of motor transport
    chaussée
    a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel
    chemin
    a public road from one place to another
    sentier
    any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
    grande voie de communication, nationale
    a major or main route
    boulevard périphérique, périphérique
    a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
    cul-de-sac, impasse
    a street with only one way in or out
    voie d'embranchement, épi
    a railway line connected to a trunk line
    chaussée
    one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
    autoroute, nationale
    a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
    grande route, nationale
    a highway
    rue
    a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
    piste, sentier battu
    a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
    type of:
    chemin, passage
    any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
  3. noun
    the property of distance in general
    synonyms: distance
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    distance
    the property created by the space between two objects or points
  4. noun
    an established line of travel or access
    synonyms: voie
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    ligne principale, voie principale
    the principal route of a transportation system
    piste, voie
    (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
    couloir aérien
    a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
    circuit
    a regular route for a sentry or policeman
    circuit
    the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
    chemin, direction
    a line leading to a place or point
    piste
    the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
    orientation
    the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
    cours, direction
    general line of orientation
    tendance
    a general direction in which something tends to move
    type of:
    ligne
    a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
  5. noun
    a way or means to achieve something
    synonyms: chemin
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    façon, manière, moyen
    how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
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