Meaning of TOUR
| Pronunciation: | | tûr
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- [n] a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"
- [n] a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"
- [n] a period of time spent in military service
- [v] make a tour of a certain place
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| | Synonyms: | | circuit, duty tour, enlistment, go, hitch, spell, term of enlistment, tour of duty, turn |
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| | See Also: | | duty period, grand tour, itineration, journey, journey, journeying, package holiday, package tour, period, period of time, pub crawl, see, shift, take the road, time period, travel, visit, walkabout, whistle-stop tour, work shift | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Tower}.]
A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Turn}, v. t.]
1. A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a
prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion;
as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.
The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour.
--Milton.
2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly
bodies. [Obs.] --Blackmore.
3. (Mil.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a
turn; as, a tour of duty.
Syn: Journey; excursion. See {Journey}.
\Tour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toured}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Touring}.]
To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. --T. Hughes.
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