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

The woman’s 47-year-old brother died at the scene; her 5-year-old son died in an ambulance en route to a hospital; and her 2-year-old daughter died Thursday at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026

Gary Antonio Russell also dominated, dropping Victor Santillan en route to a lopsided unanimous decision. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

The bottom-of-the-seventh shot gave the Timber Rattlers a 3-2 lead over the Lake County Captains en route to a 5-3 win. — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Hera is en route to study the aftermath of NASA’s DART mission that intentionally crashed a spacecraft into a small moon orbiting a larger asteroid. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 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