en route

adverb or adjective

än-ˈrüt  äⁿ(n)-ˈrüt 

en-, 

in-, 

-ˈrau̇t 

: on or along the way

he reads en route

arrived early despite en route delays

Examples of en route in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Reign goalkeeper Claudia Dickey made seven saves en route to her seventh clean sheet of the season. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

The stakes will be plenty high as well, because the winner of this game will have an early inside track on making it to the Big 12 title game and potentially upsetting Texas Tech en route to a College Football Playoff berth. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

In 2010, David Fincher premiered The Social Network as the opening night film at NYFF en route to an awards run that, among other things, won Sorkin an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Speaking en route to France, the American pope reiterated his support for press freedom while recalling his opposition to Trump’s position on the Iran war. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

French

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for en route

• acute
• aleut
• astute
• beetroot
• breadfruit
• cheroot
• commute
• compute
• confute
• dilute
• dispute
• elute

Kids Definition

en route

adverb

än-ˈrüt  en- 

in-

: on or along the way