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   tour

   /tʊə/

   noun

   • 1. a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited: "a motoring tour of Scotland" Similar excursionjourneyexpeditiontripjauntoutingday tripjunketvoyagetreksafarirare:peregrination
   • ▪ a short trip to or through a place in order to view or inspect something: "a tour of the White House" Similar visitinspectionguided tourwalk roundsurveywalkaboutramble
   • 2. a journey made by performers or a sports team, in which they perform or play in several different places: "Ireland's eight-match tour of New Zealand"
   • ▪ (in golf, tennis, and other sports) the annual round of events in which top professionals compete. Similar circuitambitroundcoursebeatleglap
   • 3. a spell of duty on military or diplomatic service: "a tour of duty in Northern Ireland" Similar stintstretchspellshiftturnassignmentdutyperiod of serviceperiod of enlistment

   verb

   • 1. make a tour of (an area): "he decided to tour France" Similar travel roundtravel throughjourney throughgo on a trip throughgo on an excursion inexplorevoyage aroundtrek aroundsightsee incruiserange overroam inrove throughwander throughglobetrotholiday ininformal:dovisitgo roundgo aroundwalk rounddrive roundseeexploreinspectreviewsurveyscrutinizereconnoitre
   • ▪ take (a performer, production, etc.) on tour: "this production will be toured to outlying villages"

   Word Origin Middle English (in tour (sense 3 of the noun); also denoting a circular movement): from Old French, ‘turn’, via Latin from Greek tornos ‘lathe’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th century.

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