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routeing

routeing is the present participle and gerund of route.

Meaning of route

Verb

route (third-person singular simple present routes, present participle routeing or (sometimes in US) routing, simple past and past participle routed)

  1. (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.
    • All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
  2. (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
  3. (transitive) To send (information) through a router.
    • Google Glass has come under fire from privacy advocates because it can record video without subjects being aware of it, and that any video will be routed through Google's servers.2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian

See all 12 meanings of route

Noun

routeing (plural routeings)

  1. (UK) A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a transport network.
    • The department organising the run-out will send its preferred routeing to the relevant NR national planning team, who will then try to deliver the specification as close as possible to the requested routes and times.2022 December 14, Pip Dunn, “Caroline is ready for inspection...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 52

Forms of routeing

Verb
alternative formrouting
Noun
pluralrouteings

Questions about routeing

What does routeing mean?
Routeing means a method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a transport network.
What is routeing the present participle and gerund of?
Routeing is the present participle and gerund of route.
What part of speech is routeing?
Routeing is a noun.
What is the plural of routeing?
The plural of routeing is routeings.

Words near routeing in the dictionary

  1. route-one
  2. routeable
  3. routed
  4. routee
  5. routees
  6. routeing
  7. routeings
  8. routeless
  9. routelessness
  10. routeman
  11. routemarch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: routeing (page history and authors); route (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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