Meaning & use

Enroute

adverb·Everyday

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On the way to a destination; while traveling.

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They stopped for gas enroute to the coast.

The package went missing enroute and never reached its destination.

A note on using this word

The standard spelling is two words, "en route," borrowed directly from French; "enroute" is a common one-word variant seen in informal and business writing.

Words with a similar meaning

en routeon the way

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