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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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In the space of a single offseason, returning largely the same core, they morphed into a superteam, torching their opponents by 8.3 points nightly en route to a 62-20 record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The Nasdaq Composite got a boost from an old friend en route to its ninth-consecutive gain.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Her son, Brian Arias Garay, went missing on Feb. 6, 2018, en route to his job as a vendor at a hot dog and hamburger stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Customarily, en route from Montclair to Nantucket, we spent the night in a hotel in New London, Connecticut.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey