Routed

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈɹuː.tɪd/

Definitions

1. The procedure of determining a designated path for movement or communication involves planning a systematic journey for data or resources through a selected route
2. The operation of guiding an item or information along a specific trajectory entails arranging a sequence for transmission or transportation through defined paths
3. To suffer a crushing loss in competition or battle ; to organize a particular course for sending something along a chosen path

Etymology: Routed is the past tense and past participle of "route", so its own history is simple: it is "route" with the regular "-ed" ending added. The surprise lies in the two words that "route" has been confused with. The noun and verb "route" came into English from Old French "route", a word for a road or way, which itself traces back to Latin "rupta", a broken-up path, from "rumpere", to break. That sense of a worn-through track is the thread that leads to the word's meaning of a set course. The verb "rout", meaning to defeat and drive into flight, is a separate word with a different past tense, "routed". Because the two spellings now coincide, "routed" in the sense of "sent along a particular path" is often mistaken for the military verb. The forms have run together in modern writing, though they began as distinct words, one rooted in travel and the other in battle.

Synonyms: directed, guided

Antonyms: misdirected