reroute

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ route.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɹuːt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈɹut/, /ɹiˈɹaʊt/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɹʉːt/
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹiˈɹut/
Rhymes: -uːt, -aʊt

Verb

reroute (third-person singular simple present reroutes, present participle rerouting or rerouteing, simple past and past participle rerouted)

(transitive) To change the route taken by something.
We'll have to reroute some buses to avoid the construction work.
- 2007 February 4, Randall Stross, “Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  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.
- 2014, Martha Evans Wiley, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, page 117:
  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 […]
- 2017 October 31, Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie, Lovers Like Us, K.B. Ritchie, →ISBN:
  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.
- 2024 March 26, Neal E. Boudette, “Automakers Are Rerouting Car Shipments Away From Baltimore”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:
  Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. transportation secretary, said that the rerouting would affect the national supply chain.

Translations

to change the route taken by something

Catalan: canviar la ruta
Czech: přesměrovat pf, odklonit pf, poslat jinudy, navést jinudy, změnit trasu
French: recircuiter (fr)
German: umleiten (de)
Italian: cambiare il percorso
Portuguese: cambiar o percurso
Spanish: cambiar el itinerario

Noun

reroute (plural reroutes)

The use of a different route from one planned or used before.
Synonym: rerouting
- 2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 56:
  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.

Anagrams

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