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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 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

Talia Gibson, who has beaten three top-20 players at Indian Wells en route to the quarter-finals, is included alongside Maya Joint, Storm Hunter, Kimberly Birrell and Ellen Perez.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Norrie is the 27th seed in the men's draw but played above that status as he earned three breaks en route to victory over De Minaur.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Stoically, Le Gentil packed up his instruments and set off for the nearest port, but en route he contracted dysentery and was laid up for nearly a year.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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