tour, circuit
(noun) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; “they took an extended tour of Europe”; “we took a quick circuit of the park”; “a ten-day coach circuit of the island”
go, spell, tour, turn
(noun) a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); “it’s my go”; “a spell of work”
enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour
(noun) a period of time spent in military service
tour
(verb) make a tour of a certain place; “We toured the Provence this summer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
(sports, chiefly, cricket and rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
(sports, cycling) A street and road race, frequently multiday.
(sports) A set of competitions which make up a championship.
(military) A tour of duty.
(graph theory) A closed trail.
(obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
(obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
• Grand Tour
• tour d'horizon
• tour de force
• whirlwind tour
tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured)
(intransitive) To make a journey
(transitive) To make a circuit of a place
tour (plural tours)
(dated) A tower.
tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured)
(obsolete) To toot a horn.
• rout, trou
the Tour
(cycling, by ellipsis) The Tour de France.
• rout, trou
Source: Wiktionary
Tour, n. Etym: [F. tour. See Tower.]
Definition: A tower. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Tour, n. Etym: [F. tour. See Turn, v. t.]
1. A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. Milton.
2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Obs.] Blackmore.
3. (Mil.)
Definition: anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
Syn.
– Journey; excursion. See Journey.
Tour, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toured; p. pr. & vb. n. Touring.]
Definition: To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. T. Hughes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
