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

Coming off the most lopsided loss in the two-plus year tenure under coach Bill O’Brien last week at Duke, the Eagles scored on the game’s opening drive with Bo MacCormack III going in for a 6-yard TD run en route to a 10-0 lead. — ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026

Officers began life-saving measures while paramedics were en route. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026

Welcome to a Friday Nightcaps — the one where the LSU women's basketball team treats an opponent like a JV high school team en route to the biggest blowout in D1 college hoops history. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Roughly 600,000 advanced Nvidia chips are stuck in Hong Kong en route to China, Reuters reported, as Beijing — concerned its firms are too reliant on Western tech — bars their entry. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 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