2 VERB If you rouse yourself , you stop being inactive and start doing something. □ [V pron-refl to-inf] She seemed to be unable to rouse herself to do anything. □ [V pron-refl + from ] He roused himself from his lazy contemplation of the scene beneath him.
3 VERB If something or someone rouses you, they make you very emotional or excited. □ [V n] He did more to rouse the crowd there than anybody else. □ [be V -ed + to ] Ben says his father was good-natured, a man not quickly roused to anger or harsh opinions. ● rous|ing ADJ [usu ADJ n] □ …a rousing speech to the convention in support of the president.
4 VERB If something rouses a feeling in you, it causes you to have that feeling. □ [V n] It roused a feeling of rebellion in him.
roust /raʊ st/ (rousts , rousting , rousted ) VERB If you roust someone, you disturb, upset, or hit them, or make them move from their place. [AM ] □ [V n] Relax, kid, we're not about to roust you. We just want some information. □ [V n + out ] Bruce had gone to bed, but they rousted him out. [Also V n + from ]
roust|about /raʊ stəbaʊt/ (roustabouts ) N‑COUNT A roustabout is a unskilled worker, especially one who works in a port or at an oil well. [AM ]
rout /raʊ t/ (routs , routing , routed ) VERB If an army, sports team, or other group routs its opponents, it defeats them completely and easily. □ [V n] …the Battle of Hastings at which the Norman army routed the English opposition. ● N‑COUNT Rout is also a noun. □ Zidane completed the rout with a low shot from the edge of the penalty area.
route ◆◆◇ /ruː t/ (routes , routing , routed ) Pronounced /ruː t/ or /raʊ t/ in American English. 1 N‑COUNT A route is a way from one place to another. □ …the most direct route to the town centre. □ All escape routes were blocked by armed police.
2 N‑COUNT A bus, air, or shipping route is the way between two places along which buses, planes, or ships travel regularly. □ …the main shipping routes to Japan.
3 N‑COUNT In the United States, Route is used in front of a number in the names of main roads between major cities. □ …the Broadway-Webster exit on Route 580.
4 N‑COUNT Your route is the series of visits you make to different people or places, as part of your job. [mainly AM ] □ He began cracking open big blue tins of butter cookies and feeding the dogs on his route. in BRIT, usually use round , rounds 5 N‑COUNT You can refer to a way of achieving something as a route . □ Researchers are trying to get at the same information through an indirect route.
6 VERB [usu passive] If vehicles, goods, or passengers are routed in a particular direction, they are made to travel in that direction. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] Double-stack trains are taking a lot of freight that used to be routed via trucks. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] Approaching cars will be routed into two lanes.
7 PHRASE En route to a place means on the way to that place. En route is sometimes spelled on route in non-standard English. □ [+ to ] They have arrived in London en route to the United States. □ One of the bags was lost en route. [Also + from/for ]
8 PHRASE Journalists sometimes use en route when they are mentioning an event that happened as part of a longer process or before another event. □ [+ to ] The German set three tournament records en route to grabbing golf's richest prize.
9 PHRASE If you go the route , you do something fully or continue with a task until you have completely finished. [AM ] □ Health enthusiasts like myself want to go the route of prevention rather than cure.
rou te map (route maps )
1 N‑COUNT A route map is a map that shows the main roads in a particular area or the main routes used by buses, trains, and other forms of transport in a particular area.
2 N‑COUNT If you describe one thing as a route map for another thing, you mean that it provides a model showing the best way to achieve or describe it. □ [+ of ] …a route map of human evolutionary history.
rout|er /ruː tə r / (routers ) N‑COUNT On a computer or network of computers, a router is a piece of equipment which allows access to other computers or networks, for example the internet. [COMPUTING ]
rou|tine ◆◇◇ /ruːtiː n/ (routines )
1 N‑VAR [oft N n, adj N ] A routine is the usual series of things that you do at a particular time. A routine is also the practice of regularly doing things in a fixed order. □ The players had to change their daily routine and lifestyle. □ He checked up on you as a matter of routine.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You use routine to describe activities that are done as a normal part of a job or process. □ …a series of routine medical tests.
3 ADJ A routine situation, action, or event is one which seems completely ordinary, rather than interesting, exciting, or different. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ So many days are routine and uninteresting, especially in winter.
4 N‑VAR You use routine to refer to a way of life that is uninteresting and ordinary, or hardly ever changes. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ …the mundane routine of her life.
5 N‑COUNT A routine is a computer program, or part of a program, that performs a specific function. [COMPUTING ] □ … an installation routine.
6 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] A routine is a short sequence of jokes, remarks, actions, or movements that forms part of a longer performance. □ …an athletic dance routine.
rou|tine|ly /ruːtiː nli/