Tour
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English
Noun
Tour (plural Tours)- A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
- A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
- (cricket) A trip taken to another nation by a test side in which several matches will be played
Derived terms
Verb
Tour (third-person singular simple present Tours, present participle Touring, simple past and past participle Toured)
- (intransitive) To make a journey; as, to tour throughout a country.
- (transitive) To make a circuit of a place
Noun
Tour (plural Tours)Adjectives for Tour
prolonged; extended; creative; systematic; walking; triumphal; protracted; lecture; expensive; reconnoitering; memorable.
Verbs for Tour
arrange—; cater for—; conclude—; conduct direct—; embark on—; extend—; guide map out—; organize—; plan—; project protract—; recruit for—; sponsor—; standardize—; —attracts; —broadens; — covers; —embraces; —includes; —provides; —skirts ; —touches.
Thesaurus
air lane, ambit, anchor watch, antenna tower, assignment, barbican, beat, belfry, bell tower, bit, booking, borscht circuit, bout, campaign, campanile, circle, circuit, colossus, column, continuous tenure, course, cruise, cupola, cycle, date, day shift, derrick, dogwatch, dome, drive, engagement, enlistment, excursion, expedition, fare, fire tower, flight path, full circle, full time, globe-trot, go, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, grand tour, graveyard shift, half time, hit the trail, hitch, itinerary, jaunt, journey, junket, lantern, lap, lighthouse, line, lobster trick, loop, make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, martello, martello tower, mast, minaret, monument, night shift, obelisk, observation tower, orbit, outing, overtime, package tour, pagoda, part time, path, perambulation, peregrinate, peregrination, pilaster, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pillar, pinnacle, playing engagement, pleasure trip, pole, primrose path, prison term, progress, pylon, pyramid, ramble, range the world, relay, revolution, road, round, round trip, roundabout, rounds, route, rubberneck, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sally, sea lane, shaft, shift, shoot, shortcut, sight-see, skyscraper, spell, spire, split schedule, split shift, stalk, stand, standpipe, steeple, stint, stretch, stroll, stupa, sunrise watch, swing shift, take a trip, take the road, television mast, tenure, term, time, tope, tour of duty, tower, track, trade route, traject, trajectory, trajet, travel, trek, trick, trip, turn, turn of work, turret, vaudeville circuit, visit, voyage, walk, walkabout, watch, water tower, wayfare, windmill tower, work shift
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
Etymology 2
Old French tor, French tour (“tower”)
Translations
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Anagrams
French
Noun
Tour f. (plural Tours)
- tower
- La Tour de Pise est penchée. - The Tower of Pisa is leaning.
- (chess) rook
Noun
Tour m. (plural Tours)
Noun
Tour m. (plural Tours)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin turris, Old French tor
Etymology 2
From Old French torner, tourner.
Etymology 3
From Latin tornus.
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology 1
Noun
Tour (plural Tours)Etymology 2
Noun
Tour (plural Tours)Pronunciation
- IPA: /tur/
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