Meaning & use
en route
On the way to a destination; while traveling somewhere.
See it in a sentence
We stopped for coffee en route to the airport this morning.
The ambulance radioed the hospital while it was still en route.
A note on using this word
En route is borrowed from French and is normally followed by 'to' plus a destination; it is not usually hyphenated.
Words with a similar meaning
on the wayin transit
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