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

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With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, Trump appeared en route to a smashing victory. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024 In Jacques Audiard’s highly-unconventional musical Emilia Pérez — which debuts in select U.S. and Canadian theaters today en route to a Nov. 13 debut on Netflix in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. — Selena Gomez gives the performance of her career as the wife of a Mexican cartel chief. —

Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024 The Pentagon press secretary added that additional thousands are en route to the area. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 While en route, the group is flagged down by a woman, the same mystery woman who was looking for McNab in the episode’s first scene. —

Nick Caruso, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for en route