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tour

  • noun
  • /tɔː(ɹ)/

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

Example

“On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.”

Other meanings

  1. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.

    “On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.”

  2. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.

    “Metallica's tour of Europe”

Synonyms

  • circuit

Example sentences

  • “They took a boat tour around the nearby islands.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “Tourists can go on a guided tour inside the windmill.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old French "tour".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tour” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.