# routes

Pronunciation: say "ROOTS" /ɹuts/

## Noun

1. Plural of route. — plural of route
   - Simple: Plural of route. Use this when talking about more than one way to get somewhere.
   - _Mountain rescue teams mapped out multiple routes up the cliff face._
   - _Several shipping routes were closed because of the storm._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of route. — third-person singular simple present indicative of route
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of route. Use this when one person or thing sends something along a path.
   - _The new system routes incoming calls to the first available agent._
   - _The dispatcher routes ambulances around the blocked intersection._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/routes (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).