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Definition of reroute verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reroute

verb
 
/ˌriːˈruːt/
 
/ˌriːˈruːt/,
 
/ˌriːˈraʊt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they reroute
 
/ˌriːˈruːt/
 
/ˌriːˈruːt/,
 
/ˌriːˈraʊt/
he / she / it reroutes
 
/ˌriːˈruːts/
 
/ˌriːˈruːts/,
 
/ˌriːˈraʊts/
past simple rerouted
 
/ˌriːˈruːtɪd/
 
/ˌriːˈruːtɪd/,
 
/ˌriːˈraʊtɪd/
past participle rerouted
 
/ˌriːˈruːtɪd/
 
/ˌriːˈruːtɪd/,
 
/ˌriːˈraʊtɪd/
-ing form rerouting
 
/ˌriːˈruːtɪŋ/
 
/ˌriːˈruːtɪŋ/,
 
/ˌriːˈraʊtɪŋ/
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  1. reroute something to change the route that a road, vehicle, phone call, etc. normally follows
    • to reroute a road
    • to reroute traffic
    • The flight was rerouted through Singapore.
    • (figurative) A large proportion of the defence budget has been rerouted to education.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRe-route is used with these nouns as the object:
    • traffic
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adverb
 
 
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