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in route

/ɪnˈɹut/

in route is the alternative form of en route.

Meaning of en route

Prepositional phrase

  1. On the way.
    • The shipment is en route to the buyer.
  2. Along the way.
    • The army advanced, capturing several cities en route.

Origin of in route

Calque of French en route.

Questions about in route

What is in route the alternative form of?
In route is the alternative form of en route.
How do you pronounce in route?
In route is pronounced /ɪnˈɹut/.

Words near in route in the dictionary

  1. in reverse
  2. in right of
  3. in rilievo
  4. in Roblox
  5. in rough
  6. in route
  7. in ruins
  8. in safe hands
  9. in school
  10. in season
  11. in season and out of season

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in route (page history and authors); en route (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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