ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tour

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /tɔː(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tour is a noun meaning A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
  2. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
  3. (sports, chiefly cricket and rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
  4. (sports, cycling) A street and road race, frequently multiday.
  5. (sports) A set of competitions which make up a championship.
  6. (military) A tour of duty.
  7. (graph theory) A closed trail.

Example Sentences

Metallica's tour of Europe
the tours of the heavenly bodies
The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,
It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour

Word Forms

Synonyms for tour

Depending on context, synonyms include circuit, turn, spell, enlistment, go.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include enlistment, turn, circuit, spell, go, tourist.

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