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routing

/ˈɹuːtɪŋ/US/ˈɹutɪŋ/

routing noun: the assignment of a route to anything. Also the present participle and gerund of route.

Noun (1)

routing (countable and uncountable, plural routings)

  1. The assignment of a route to anything.
    • the optimal routing of delivery vehicles
  2. A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/

routing (plural routings)

  1. A channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or gouge.

Also used as

routing is also the present participle and gerund of route.

routing is also the present participle and gerund of rout.

routing meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi

routing in Bengali

রুটিং, রাউটিং

routing in Telugu

రౌటింగ్

routing in Malayalam

റൂട്ടിംഗ്

routing in Punjabi

ਰੂਟਿੰਗ
More languagesFewer languages
routing in Gujarati
રૂટીંગ, રાઉટીંગ
routing in Odia
ରୁଟିଙ୍ଗ, ରୁଟିଂ
routing in Vietnamese
định tuyến

Forms of routing

pluralroutings
alternative formrouteing

Origin of routing

From route + -ing.

From rout + -ing.

Words formed from routing

Phrases with routing

Words that rhyme with routing

Questions about routing

What does routing mean?
Routing means the assignment of a route to anything.
What is routing in Bengali?
Routing in Bengali is রুটিং, রাউটিং. See Routing meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is routing?
Routing is a noun.
How do you pronounce routing?
Routing is pronounced /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of routing?
The plural of routing is routings.

Words near routing in the dictionary

  1. routinely
  2. routineness
  3. routiner
  4. routiners
  5. routines
  6. routing
  7. routing leak
  8. routing leaks
  9. routing number
  10. routing numbers
  11. routing slip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: routing (page history and authors); routing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); routing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); routing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); routing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); routing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); routing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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