tour
Meaning of tour
noun
- a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited.
a motoring tour of Scotland
- 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
she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on tour
- a spell of duty on military or diplomatic service.
a tour of duty in Northern Ireland
- make a tour of (an area).
he decided to tour France
he toured in America and Europe
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.
Information about tour
- The plural form of tour is: tours.
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Hyphenation of tour
tour
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- tour is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tour synonyms
Meaning circuit:
Meaning go:
Meaning enlistment:
Meaning a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity:
Meaning an act of travelling from one place to another:
Meaning a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war:
Meaning a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure:
Meaning a short excursion or journey made for pleasure:
Meaning a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less:
Meaning an extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense:
Meaning a long journey involving travel by sea or in space:
Meaning a long arduous journey, especially one made on foot:
Meaning an expedition to observe or hunt animals in their natural habitat, especially in East Africa:
Meaning a journey, especially a long or meandering one:
Meaning a person's fixed or allotted period of work:
Meaning an act of stretching one's limbs or body:
Meaning a slight change in position, direction, or tendency:
Meaning a task or piece of work allocated to someone as part of a job or course of study:
Meaning a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility:
Meaning travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it:
Meaning sail about in an area without a precise destination, especially for pleasure:
Meaning travel widely:
Meaning visit as a tourist, especially in a superficial or hurried way:
Meaning stay temporarily with (someone) or at (a place) as a guest or tourist:
Meaning perceive with the eyes; discern visually:
Meaning look at (someone or something) closely, typically to assess their condition or to discover any shortcomings:
Meaning assess (something) formally with the intention of instituting change if necessary:
Meaning look closely at or examine (someone or something):
Meaning examine or inspect closely and thoroughly:
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Words that rhyme with tour
Latour, Rahmatour, acatour, achatour, atour, caliatour, mairatour, wardatour, detour, retour, treachetour, tregetour, semitour, treitour, contour, entour, recontour, santour, notour, dortour, destour, dustour, pastour, woustour, attour
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