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TOUR
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
Etymology 1
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.
(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.
Hyponyms
• Grand Tour
• tour d'horizon
• tour de force
• whirlwind tour
Verb
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
Etymology 2
Noun
tour (plural tours)
(dated) A tower.
Etymology 3
Verb
tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured)
(obsolete) To toot a horn.
Anagrams
• rout, trou
Proper noun
the Tour
(cycling, by ellipsis) The Tour de France.
Anagrams
• 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
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