Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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route | Yes | No | Yes | No |
direct | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
route (noun) | direct (noun) |
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an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation | |
an established line of travel or access |
route (adjective) | direct (adjective) |
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direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short | |
(of a current) flowing in one direction only | |
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action | |
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity | |
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | |
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth | |
lacking compromising or mitigating elements | |
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | |
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions | |
being an immediate result or consequence |
route (verb) | direct (verb) |
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send via a specific route | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
divert in a specified direction | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |
send documents or materials to appropriate destinations | command with authority |
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction | |
put an address on (an envelope) | |
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | |
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | |
guide the actors in (plays and films) | |
lead, as in the performance of a composition | |
take somebody somewhere | |
cause to go somewhere | |
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
govern or manage |
route (adverb) | direct (adverb) |
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without deviation |