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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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At 8:27 p.m., he pulled up a live feed of Trump en route to the event.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 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

He dialed into our interview from a tour bus departing from Austin, Texas, en route to the next concert venue on the Dinastía Tour by Peso Pluma, Tito Double P and friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

On Monday, Trump told the New York Post that negotiators were en route to Islamabad.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

The possibility of letters en route made for endless conversation.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys