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to reroute

to reroute

47 3.6
To send something along a different path
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈruːt/
translation icon : desviar
  • The airline had to reroute the flights because of severe weather conditions.

And I have to sort of work at constantly rerouting myself in my own life.

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Examples

  • If it's that bad, I'm staying home, and they can reroute the calls to another center.

    Blog text (27)
  • Well, I might have to reroute my mail.

  • And I could, you know, you can basically reroute air traffic.

  • And if we can reroute that information, then you can feel well.

  • The police are just starting to reroute traffic.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • You can reroute international telephone lines to and from Canada through any country other than the United States.

    Academic text (1998)
  • We're gonna have to reroute you to Precinct 13 until the storm breaks.

  • So instead, many researchers are trying to reroute wavelengths around an object using refraction.

  • It's an app that reroutes your Internet connection through their secure servers so your ISP can't see the sites you visit.

  • But the relationship is not just monetary; Spangler and other Nine Mile advocates convinced Questar to reroute their project away from areas with sensitive archaeological sites.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

to divert
vsto reroute
94 4.2

To cause something like traffic or a river to go a different way

changes the original path so it goes a different way
to redirect
vsto reroute
67 3.7

Send people, things, or attention somewhere else to change focus

focuses on altering the planned path rather than changing purpose
33 4.4

To cause something to happen in a different way or direction

is narrower, focusing only on altering the planned physical path
to route
vsto reroute
26 3.5

To send something to a particular person or place

is about changing a planned path to a different way
to detour
vsto reroute
7 3.7

To go by a longer route to avoid a blocked road

means changing the planned path rather than only taking longer avoidance ways
to rechannel
vsto reroute
1 6.0

To change the course or use of something

alters the planned path rather than shifting general function

How Redirected

to reroute
47 3.6
to divert
94 4.2
to shunt
  • Jargon
1 7.2
to detour
7 3.7

Surface Forms

reroute infinitive
rerouted past
rerouted past participle
rerouting present participle
reroutes third person singular

Morphology

reroute = route (transparent) = re + route

The meaning is a straightforward application of 're-' to the verb 'route', meaning to route again or by a different route.

Etymology

The word reroute combines re- 'again' and route 'road' or 'path'. So, to reroute someone or something is to send it along a different road or change its path.