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tour

/tɔː(ɹ)/ noun

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noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tour at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
    On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
  2. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
    On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
  3. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
    Metallica's tour of Europe

verb

  1. To make a journey.
    The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.
  2. To make a circuit of a place.
    The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.

noun

  1. A tower.

verb

  1. To toot a horn.

Origin

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

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