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- 5.1 Alternative forms
- 5.2 Etymology
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- 7.3.1 Alternative forms
- 8.1 Etymology
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- 8.3.1 Derived terms
- 8.4 Further reading
- 9.1.1 Declension
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Pronunciation
- IPA ( key ) : ( without the pour – poor merger ) /tʊə/ , ( pour – poor merger ) /tɔː/
- ( Scotland , Northern Ireland ) IPA ( key ) : /tʉːɹ/
- ( Ireland ) IPA ( key ) : /tuːɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) , -ʊə(ɹ)
- Homophones : ; tore ( pour – poor merger ) , tor ( pour – poor merger , horse – hoarse merger ) ; taw ( pour – poor merger , horse – hoarse merger , non-rhotic )
Etymology 1
From Old French tour , tourn , from the verb torner , tourner .
tour ( plural tours )
- A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
- A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place. On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
- A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts . Metallica's tour of Europe
- ( 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 .
- 2022 September 21, Carly Olson, Dan Bilefsky, “Ten prisoners, including Americans, have been released as part of a Russia-Ukraine exchange, Saudi Arabia says.”, in The New York Times [1] , →ISSN : Among those released were two Americans who had been held captive for more than three months: Alex Drueke, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, according to his aunt, Dianna Shaw; [ … ]
- ( graph theory ) A closed trail .
- 1667 , John Milton , “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. [ … ] , London: [ … ] [ Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] ; [ a ] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] ; [ a ] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] , →OCLC ; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [ … ] , London: Basil Montagu Pickering [ … ] , 1873 , →OCLC : The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour ,
- 1712 , Richard Blackmore , Creation : It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour
- ( snooker ) A circuit of snooker tournaments
- guided tour
- tour de force
- tour d'horizon
- whirlwind tour
Derived terms
- abortion tour
- Cook's tour
- fifty-cent tour
- knight's tour
- mystery tour
- nickel tour
- package tour
- railtour , rail tour
- starlight tour
- ten-cent tour
- tour operator
- what happens on tour stays on tour
- whistlestop tour
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Translations.
tour ( third-person singular simple present tours , present participle touring , simple past and past participle toured )
- ( intransitive ) To make a journey The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.
- ( transitive ) To make a circuit of a place The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.
Etymology 2
Old French tor , French tour ( “ tower ” )
- ( dated ) A tower .
Etymology 3
- ( obsolete ) To toot a horn .
- “ tour ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
- rout , trou
- Hard mutation of dour .
Borrowed from French tour .
tour m ( plural tours , diminutive tourtje n )
- IPA ( key ) : /tuʁ/
- Rhymes: -uʁ
Inherited from Old French tor , from Latin turrem , from Ancient Greek τύρρις ( túrrhis ) , τύρσις ( túrsis ) .
tour f ( plural tours )
- tower La tour de Pise est penchée. ― The Tower of Pisa is leaning.
- ( chess ) rook
- apartment building
- tour de Babel
- tour de contrôle
- tour de forage
- tour de guet
- tour de siège
- tour d’ivoire
- tour Eiffel
Further reading
- “ tour ”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [ Digitized Treasury of the French Language ] , 2012 .
- “ tour ” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse .
Middle English
Alternative forms.
- thour , tor , tore , toure , towere , towour , tur
From Old English tūr , tor , torr , from Latin turris .
- IPA ( key ) : /tuːr/
tour ( plural toures )
- English: tower ( see there for further descendants )
- Scots: tour , towr
- Yola: toweare
- “ tǒur, n. (1) ”, in MED Online , Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan , 2007 .
- ( Brazil ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈtuʁ/ [ˈtuh]
- ( São Paulo ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈtuɾ/
- ( Rio de Janeiro ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈtuʁ/ [ˈtuχ]
- ( Southern Brazil ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈtuɻ/
- ( Portugal ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈtuɾ/
- ( Southern Portugal ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈtu.ɾi/
- tour ( guided visit )
- tour ( journey through a given list of places )
- IPA ( key ) : /tur/
- IPA ( key ) : /ˈtuɾ/ [ˈt̪uɾ]
- Rhymes: -uɾ
- tour , guided visit to a country, museum, etc. Synonyms: viaje , visita , excursión
- ( sports ) tour , a trip to another country to play matches
- ( music ) tour , a trip to other countries undertaken by a singer or musician Synonym: gira
- Tour de Francia
- “ tour ”, in Diccionario de la lengua española , Vigésima tercera edición , Real Academia Española, 2014
tour c
- ( sports ) a tour (chiefly in individual ball games)
- tour in Svensk ordbok ( SO )
- tour in Svenska Akademiens ordlista ( SAOL )
- tour in Svenska Akademiens ordbok ( SAOB )
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What does the verb tour mean?
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb tour , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
tour has developed meanings and uses in subjects including
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OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.
How common is the verb tour ?
How is the verb tour pronounced, british english, u.s. english, where does the verb tour come from.
Earliest known use
The earliest known use of the verb tour is in the mid 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for tour is from 1746, in the writing of Mary Delany, court favourite and artist.
It is also recorded as a noun from the Middle English period (1150—1500).
tour is formed within English, by conversion.
Etymons: tour n.
Nearby entries
- Toulousain, n. & adj. 1883–
- toumbe, v. 1297
- toup, n. 1959–
- to-up, prep. c1330–50
- toupee, n. 1727–
- toupeed, adj. 1847–
- toupet, n. 1728–
- toupeted, adj. 1903–
- toupet-titmouse, n. 1785–
- tour, n. c1320–
- tour, v. 1746–
- Tourangeau, n. & adj. 1883–
- Tourangeois, adj. & n. 1857–
- tourbillion | tourbillon, n. 1477–
- tour de force, n. 1802–
- Tour de France, n. 1922–
- tour d'horizon, n. 1952–
- tourelle, n. c1330–
- tourer, n. 1927–
- tourette, n.¹ 1881–
- Tourette, n.² 1899–
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Definition of tour noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
- have/take a vacation/a break/a day off/a year off/time off
- go on/be on vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/sabbatical/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage
- go backpacking/camping/sightseeing
- plan a trip/a vacation/your itinerary
- reserve a hotel room/a flight/tickets
- have/make/cancel a reservation
- rent a condo/a vacation home/a cabin
- rent a car/bicycle/moped/scooter/Jet Ski
- stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/a trailer/a vacation home/a resort/a timeshare
- cost/charge $100 a/per night for a suite/a single/double/twin room
- check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room
- pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
- call/order room service
- cancel/cut short a trip/vacation
- apply for/get/renew a/your passport
- take out/buy/get travel insurance
- catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
- fly (in)/travel (in) first/business/economy class
- make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour layover/stopover in Hong Kong
- experience/cause/lead to delays
- check (in)/collect/get/lose your baggage/luggage
- be charged for/pay excess baggage fees
- board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
- taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway
- experience/hit/encounter (mild/severe) turbulence
- suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/motion sickness
- be seasick/carsick
- attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
- encourage/promote/hurt tourism
- promote/develop ecotourism
- build/develop/visit a tourist/tropical/beach/ski resort
- work for/be operated by a major hotel chain
- be served by/compete with low-fare/low-cost/budget airlines
- use/go to/have a travel agent
- contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator
- buy/be on/go on a package deal/vacation/tour
- buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs
- trip an act of traveling from one place to another, and usually back again: a business trip a five-minute trip by taxi
- journey an act of traveling from one place to another, especially when they are far apart: a long and difficult journey across the mountains
- A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey , although it does not have to be: a trip to New York a round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the traveling takes a long time and is difficult.
- tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited: a tour of California
- commute the regular trip that a person makes when they travel to work and back home again: a two-hour commute into downtown Washington
- expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known: the first expedition to the South Pole
- excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people: We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
- outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day: My project team organized an afternoon outing to celebrate.
- an overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
- a bus/train trip/journey/tour
- to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing
- to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
- to take a(n) trip/journey/expedition/excursion
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Noun [ change ]
- A tour is a planned walk, bus trip , or flight, to look at a particular place. Last year we took a wonderful tour to Rome.
Verb [ change ]
- ( transitive ) If you tour a place, you go around it to look at it, often with a guide . The president gave a short tour around the new factory.
- Moving from place to place to perform. The opera company was touring Europe and Africa. The Grammy winner toured several cities on the East Coast last year. Many country western singers tour during the summer months.
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- The tour offers a chance to visit places of interest .
- Despite the accident , she intends to complete her tour as originally planned .
- The band's American tour coincided with the release of their second album .
- They went on a sightseeing tour of London.
- The tour guide was very informative .
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Definition of tour verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
How to pronounce TOUR. How to say TOUR. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Learn more.
tour: [noun] a series of professional tournaments (as in golf or tennis). a brief turn : round.
TOUR definition: 1. a visit to a place or area, especially one during which you look around the place or area and…. Learn more.
British English pronunciation. American English: tʊər British English: tʊəʳ. Word forms plural, 3rd person singular present tense tours, present participle touring, past tense, past participle toured. Example sentences including 'tour'. The band is currently on a two-month tour of Europe.
A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts . Metallica's tour of Europe. ( 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.
corrections and revisions to definitions, pronunciation, etymology, headwords, variant spellings, quotations, and dates; new senses, phrases, and quotations which have been added in subsequent print and online updates. Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into tour, v. in December 2023.
7 meanings: 1. an extended journey, usually taken for pleasure, visiting places of interest along the route 2. military a.... Click for more definitions.
Synonyms trip trip journey tour expedition excursion outing day out These are all words for an act of travelling to a place. trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again:. a business trip; a five-minute trip by taxi; journey an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart:. a long and difficult journey across the mountains
1 tour (of/round/around something) a journey made for pleasure during which several different towns, countries, etc. are visited a walking/sightseeing, etc. tour a bus tour of northern California a tour operator (= a person or company that organizes tours) Topic Collocations Travel and Tourism vacations. have/take a vacation/a break/a day off/a year off/time off
Pronunciation: ·A tour is a planned walk, bus trip, or flight, to look at a particular place. Last year we took a wonderful tour to Rome.··(transitive) If you tour a place, you go around it to look at it, often with a guide. The president gave a short tour around the new factory. Moving from place to place to perform. The opera company was touring ...
Use the noun tour to describe a route taken while sight-seeing or the act of experiencing a place, like a tour of Italy in which travelers tour museums and churches. ... verb. make a tour of a certain place. see more see less. types: take the road. ... Pronunciation. US /ˈtʊər/ UK /tɔ/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. MLA; APA;
Tour definition: a traveling around from place to place.. See examples of TOUR used in a sentence.
TOUR definition: 1. a visit to and around a place, area, or country: 2. to travel around a place for pleasure: . Learn more.
The meaning of tour. Definition of tour. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels. ... transitive verb: definition: to journey through. We toured the mountains of Spain last summer. synonyms: travel similar words: peregrinate, roam, voyage, wander:
tour in American English. (tur) noun. 1. a traveling around from place to place. 2. a long journey including the visiting of a number of places in sequence, esp. with an organized group led by a guide. 3. a brief trip through a place, as a building or a site, in order to view or inspect it.
Britannica Dictionary definition of TOUR. 1. [count] a : a journey through the different parts of a country, region, etc. We went on a tour of Italy. They went on a driving tour of New England. a sightseeing tour. We hired a tour guide. [=a person who takes people on trips through an area and explains the interesting details about it] b : an ...
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Tour definition: A trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction. Dictionary ... From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner. From Wiktionary. Old French tor, French tour ("tower" ) From Wiktionary. See toot. From ...
TOUR meaning: 1. a visit to a place or area, especially one during which you look around the place or area and…. Learn more.
noun. a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited. three couples from Kansas on an airline tour of Alaska. a journey made by performers or an athletic team, in which they perform or play in several different places. she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on tour.
TOUR meaning: 1. a visit to and around a place, area, or country: 2. to travel around a place for pleasure: . Learn more.
The meaning of FAREWELL is get along well —used interjectionally to or by one departing. How to use farewell in a sentence.
Tour definition: a traveling around from place to place.. See examples of TOUR used in a sentence.