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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

By the 1960s, it had a simple runway made of desert sand, used as a refuelling stop by airliners en route to arguably more exotic destinations.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The Lakers scored just 17 points in the fourth, but they held the Rockets to just 12 points en route to their sixth consecutive win.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

And on Tuesday, a UK warship left port in southern England en route to the eastern Mediterranean to "bolster British defences in the region" after a drone attack on Britain's Akrotiri base in southern Cyprus.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

I thought we were en route to an emergency hospital, and so with serenity I made plans for my death and will.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.