routing

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routing¹

  • /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈɹutɪŋ/ US
  • /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/ US

Rhymes with -uːtɪŋ, (US) -aʊtɪŋ

Where it comes from

From route + -ing.

noun routings · routeing

  1. countable, uncountable The assignment of a route to anything. the optimal routing of delivery vehicles
  2. countable, uncountable A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.

verb routeing

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of route

routing²

  • /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aʊtɪŋ

Where it comes from

From rout + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of rout

noun routings

  1. A channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or gouge.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mob, expel, spread-eagle, rabble, discomfiture, discomfit, groove, rootle, gouge, root, spreadeagle, rout out, router, pathname, rtg, addressability

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noun a method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet

Españolenrutamiento
Portuguêsroteamento
Françaisroutage
Italianoinstradamento, indirizzamento, smistamento
Русскиймаршрутиза́ция maršrutizácija
Tiếng Việtđịnh tuyến

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@misc{routing_2026,
  title = {routing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/routing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}