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best route

best route

5 2.0
The quickest or easiest way to travel from one place to another
  • noun
translation icon : mejor ruta
  • Rover uses real-time public transit data to give you the best route to your destination.
  • the best route to take
  • determine the best route
  • always the best route

Examples

  • There's no single best route through the park, so spend some time just exploring and playing.

    Blog text (21)

  • Some students are using map skills to find the best route to take as their tour makes its way across the country.

    Academic text (2015)

  • What do you think is the best route for you to pursue at this point?

  • Can you tell me the best route to take with the closure on the 405?

    Blog text (2)

  • They provide us with an overview of an area and require us to figure out our current location and then plan or visualize the best route to our next stop.

  • I actually believe that this is the best route for us to take to reach the park.

  • What do you think is the best route for us to travel to the city center?

Synonyms

route
vsbest route
∞ 1.0

A road or path people use to travel between places

selects the most effective course for travel rather than any established path
path
vsbest route
969 1.0

A way or track that people and things move along for travel

prioritizes efficiency for travelling rather than being just a simple track
beeline
vsbest route
11 4.2

A straight path from one place to another

focuses on overall travel efficiency rather than only straight direction

How Efficient

best route
5 2.0
scenic route
8 3.7

Surface Forms

best route singular
best routes plural

Morphology

best + route

The meaning 'the most efficient or effective path' follows directly from combining 'best' (most suitable) with 'route' (a path or road), so the sense is compositionally predictable. This adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Best route comes from the image of travellers and guides picking the best route, the path that saves time or is safest. So today best route means 'the most efficient way' to get from one place to another.