Tour

/tɔː(ɹ)/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.

On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.

Metallica's tour of Europe

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; […]

The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,

the tours of the heavenly bodies

It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour

The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.

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• tours
• touring
• toured

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