tour

Plural: tours

Noun

• a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
  • "they took an extended tour of Europe"
• a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
• a period of time spent in military service
• 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.
• A circuit of snooker tournaments
• A tower.

Verb

Verb Forms: toured, touring, tours

• To travel around a place, often for pleasure or performance.
• make a tour of a certain place
  • "We toured the Provence this summer"
• To make a journey
• To make a circuit of a place
• To toot a horn.

Examples

• He planned to TOUR the country, competing in every major Scrabble tournament.
• Metallica's tour of Europe
• On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
• On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
• The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.
• The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.
• the tours of the heavenly bodies

Synonyms

circuit, duty tour, enlistment, go, hitch, spell, term of enlistment, tour of duty, turn

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