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tour.

A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɔː(ɹ)//tʊə(ɹ)//tʉːɹ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/tuːɐ/Northumbria
  1. A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

    On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
  2. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.

    On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
  3. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.

    Metallica's tour of Europe
  4. A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.

  5. A street and road race, frequently multiday.

  6. A set of competitions which make up a championship.

  7. A tour of duty.

  8. A closed trail.

  9. A going round; a circuit.

    obsolete
  10. A turn; a revolution.

    obsolete
    the tours of the heavenly bodies
  11. A circuit of snooker tournaments

Where this word comes from

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

verb/tɔː(ɹ)//tʊə(ɹ)//tʉːɹ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/tuːɐ/Northumbria
  1. To make a journey.

    intransitive
    The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.
  2. To make a circuit of a place.

    transitive
    The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.
Where this word comes from

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

noun/tɔː(ɹ)//tʊə(ɹ)//tʉːɹ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/tuːɐ/Northumbria
  1. A tower.

    dated
Where this word comes from

From Old French tor, French tour (“tower”).

verb/tɔː(ɹ)//tʊə(ɹ)//tʉːɹ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/tuːɐ/Northumbria
  1. To toot a horn.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

See toot.

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