Tour

Word TOUR
Character 4
Hyphenation tour
Pronunciations /tɔː(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Tour"

What do we mean by tour?

A trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction. noun

A group organized for such a trip or for a shorter sightseeing excursion. noun

A brief trip to or through a place for the purpose of seeing it. noun

A journey to fulfill a round of engagements in several places. noun

A shift, as in a factory. noun

A period of duty at a single place or job. noun

A series of professional tournaments, as in golf. noun

To travel from place to place, especially for pleasure. intransitive verb

To travel among various places while fulfilling engagements. intransitive verb

To make a tour of. intransitive verb

To present (a play, for example) on a tour. intransitive verb

To turn.

To make a tour; travel about.

To make a tour or circuit of: as, to tour an island.

A Middle English form of tower. noun

A turn: a revolution. noun

A turn, course, or shift, as of duty or work: originally a military use. noun

A turn round some place; a going round from place to place; a continued ramble or excursion; a short journey: as, a wedding tour. noun

A turn, drive, or carriage promenade in a park or other place of fashionable resort for driving. noun

A fashionable drive, or resort for driving, as that in Hyde Park, London. noun

A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.

A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.

A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.

A street and road race, frequently multiday.

A set of competitions which make up a championship.

A tour of duty.

A closed trail.

A going round; a circuit.

A turn; a revolution.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tour

The word "tour" in example sentences

I use the term tour de force here because of Clements master touch with sumi ink, but also because the drawing is an assemblage of individually elaborated drawings on 10 x 8 inch sheets of paper. ❋ Anne Couillaud (2012)

It seems one of those achievements that deserves the label tour de force, even though eventual new treatments for this particular, aggressive disease are still sheer speculation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Squaddie on Tour – as an ex army bod myself I can agree with (did August one year in NI in an old INIBA) however, a tour is a tour – cops do it without a break for years and years! not that it competes with the heat and danger of ops though! come and join us when you are done? ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

More information about the tour is available at the group's Web site, www. ermcc.com, or by calling 571-269-4383. ❋ Elizabeth Razzi (2010)

The band's lineup on this tour is the “classic” 1992-1996 quintet, so only songs from that era were part of the setlist. ❋ David Malitz (2010)

This tour is all about ratcheting up enthusiasm for traditionally Democratic groups. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jackson says her tour is aimed at empowering local officials and grass-roots activists who can help reverse that trend — by stopping harmful development projects before they begin, or by starting or accelerating cleanup of polluted sites. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One major expense for the tour is the cost of converting the truck to run on vegetable oil, estimated at a frugal $2,000. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To say that I was a bit disappointed in derailing the tour is an understatement, and part of the broadcast vacuum comes from not wanting to disappoint your anticipation of road stories. ❋ Unknown (2008)

SHUBERT: He's here on what he calls a tour for peace, not as a negotiator. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While she did that, I got myself ready and told the boys to do what we call a tour-of-homes lighting. ❋ Berendt, John (1994)

This tour is not a paying proposition to the members of the band, for there is not a man that will not reach home a jolly sight poorer than when he left; but from the Empire point of view the tour is a great success. ❋ Unknown (1926)

On October 29, 1956, during the Suez Crisis, Israeli Border Police started at 4 pm what they called a tour in Kafr Qasim town (also known as Kafr Qassem, Kufur Kassem and Kafar Kassem). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Nancy, go back to sleep and don't wake up until your "tour" is over and we can begin with someone that might not be an idiot. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the ground in Hong Kong, I’m deeply indebted to Marco Foehn, a man whom the phrase tour guide does not do justice. ❋ CHRISTOPHER RICE (2010)

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