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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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In October, Marimar Martinez, en route to a Chicago church to donate clothes, saw an unmarked vehicle she suspected was carrying federal agents.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

More than five weeks after a humpback whale became stranded in shallow waters on the German coast, a barge has ferried the animal out of German waters, en route to the North Sea.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The Lakers commit 24 turnovers and make only five three-pointers as the Houston Rockets pull away in the third quarter en route to a 115-96 win in Game 4.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

It also seized an Iranian-flagged ship, the M/V Touska External link, which was en route to Iran’s Bandar Abbas on Sunday, after it failed to comply with warnings over a six-hour period, U.S.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The possibility of letters en route made for endless conversation.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys