tour
Pluraltours
Pluraltours
- 1A trip to several places where a band performs, a team plays matches, or someone gives talks.
Like a traveling show that stops in one town, then moves on to the next.
The band's tour will visit ten cities this summer.
They went on tour to play music across the country.
UsageSay the band is on tour or goes on tour.
- 2A visit around a place, like a castle or city, to look at it, often with a guide who explains things.
Like having someone walk with you and explain everything you see.
The museum tour was led by a friendly guide.
We joined a virtual tour of the space station from our classroom.
UsageSay a tour of the museum or a guided tour.
- 3To travel around a place or several places, visiting them or performing in them.
Like going on a long trip with many stops along the way.
They love to tour around Europe every summer.
We toured for a month before settling down again.
UsageSay the band is touring, or tour around Europe.
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- 4A road race that often lasts several days, usually for cyclists.
Like a race that does not finish in one day but goes on for a week.
He won the cycling tour after five hard days.
Thousands watched the riders finish the tour.
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- 5A set period of time a soldier spends serving in one place.
Like a work shift, but it lasts many months in one place.
Her tour in the navy lasted eight months.
The soldier served one tour overseas before coming home.
UsageSay serve a tour or a tour of duty.
Similardeployment, stint, posting
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- 6A series of professional competitions in a sport, like golf or snooker, played across a season.
Like collecting points in many games to find the season's winner.
She joined the pro tour this year.
Players earn points at each stop on the tour.
UsageSay on the tour or the pro tour.
Similarcircuit
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Less common meanings
- 7A trip that goes all the way around and comes back.
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- 8One full turn around, like a wheel spinning once.
It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour
1712, Richard Blackmore, CreationHere, tour means one full turn or circuit around.the tours of the heavenly bodies
Here, tours means full turns around, complete trips in a circle.Note
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- 10To blow a horn and make a loud sound.
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- 11In math, a path through points that returns to the start without using the same line twice.
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Origins
From Old French tour, from the verb torner, tourner.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 2 facts
- Tour derives from Old French tour. en.wiktionary.org
- The Old French noun derives from the verb torner, tourner. en.wiktionary.org
From Old French tor, meaning "tower."
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- Tour, in its tower sense, comes from Old French tor, meaning "tower". en.wiktionary.org