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Definitions

en route

[ahn root, en, ahn root] / ɑn ˈrut, ɛn, ɑ̃ ˈrut /
ADJECTIVE
on the way to destination
Synonyms
WEAK
advancing bound driving en voyage entrained flying heading toward in passage in transit making headway midway on the road pressing on progressing traveling
Antonyms
WEAK
derailed detained off the path sidetracked
ADVERB
along the way
Synonyms
WEAK
along the way bound for headed for in passage in transit on the road on the way

Example Sentences

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While en route, the responding officers learned a person at the scene might be armed, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

And his Dodgers teammates put runs on the board like they were logs in the fireplace, scoring at least one run every inning until the sixth inning en route to a breezy 7-1 victory.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Boasts a very similar profile to 2023 winner Corach Rambler, who won the same Cheltenham race en route to success here and he has a great chance of landing the same double.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

There were also shipments en route to Asia when the conflict began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

There was always the chance she had been delayed en route.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield