Dictionary

reroute en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹiːˈɹʉːt/ (Australia)
• /ɹiˈɹaʊt/ (General-American)
• /ɹiːˈɹuːt/ (Ireland, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹiˈɹut/ (Canada)
• /ɹiˈɹut/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English route English reroute From re- + route.

Meanings

1. The use of a different route from one planned or used before.
   • In 1844, objection was raised to the Furness Railway's Dalton & Barrow line, when it was revealed that the line would pass directly through Furness Abbey. A re-route was achieved, with the line skirting the abbey ruins instead - although many continued to see the intrusion as a travesty against antiquity and the scenic beauty of the site. 2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 56:

Forms

Synonyms

rerouting

reroute en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɹiːˈɹʉːt/ (Australia)
• /ɹiˈɹaʊt/ (General-American)
• /ɹiːˈɹuːt/ (Ireland, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹiˈɹut/ (Canada)
• /ɹiˈɹut/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English route English reroute From re- + route.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To change the route taken by something.
   • We'll have to reroute some buses to avoid the construction work.
   • Some of those neighbors will also have Meraki boxes that serve as repeaters, relaying the signal still farther to more neighbors. The company equips its boxes with software that maintains a “mesh network,” which dynamically reroutes signals as boxes are added or unplugged, and as environmental conditions that affect network performance fluctuate moment to moment. 2007 February 4, Randall Stross, “Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers”, in The New York Times:
   • I'm not here to play 5D chess with Charlie, but he keeps roping me in. I try my best to reroute the conversation off us. 2017 October 31, Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie, Lovers Like Us, K.B. Ritchie, →ISBN:
   • Approximately 1.25 miles of Virginia Highway 58 was rerouted to merge with US Highway 25E south of the gap. This photograph shows the phenomenon of the “fogfall,” when fog trapped in the meteorite crater of Middlesboro escapes […] 2014, Martha Evans Wiley, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, page 117:
   • Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. transportation secretary, said that the rerouting would affect the national supply chain. 2024 March 26, Neal E. Boudette, “Automakers Are Rerouting Car Shipments Away From Baltimore”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

reroutable · rerouter

Translations (13)

es cambiar el itinerario (to change the route taken by something) · it cambiare il percorso (to change the route taken by something) · es reenrutar (to change the route taken by something) · cs poslat jinudy (to change the route taken by something) · es reencaminar (to change the route taken by something) · pt cambiar o percurso (to change the route taken by something) · fr recircuiter (to change the route taken by something) · ca canviar la ruta (to change the route taken by something) · cs změnit trasu (to change the route taken by something) · cs navést jinudy (to change the route taken by something) · cs odklonit (to change the route taken by something) · de umleiten (to change the route taken by something) · cs přesměrovat (to change the route taken by something)