tour

Noun

1. A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
2. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
3. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
4. A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
5. A street and road race, frequently multiday.
6. A set of competitions which make up a championship.
7. A tour of duty.
8. A closed trail.
9. (obsolete) A going round; a circuit.
10. (obsolete) A turn; a revolution.
11. A circuit of snooker tournaments

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a journey
2. (transitive) To make a circuit of a place

Verb

To toot a horn.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʊə/

Etymology

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

Synonyms

journey

travel

trip

voyage

visit

circuit

excursion

round

turn

go sightseeing

cruise

travelling

patrol

wander

roam

tour of duty

rove

look around

walk

🚶

go

round trip

sightseeing

peregrination

duty tour

jaunt

enlistment

term of enlistment

hitch

itineration

ramble

make a trip

going around

pilgrimage

peripatetic

peregrinate

wandering

take a trip

outing

spell

sightsee

roaming

wander around

junket

journeyings

equivocate

circulate

itinerate

inspect

drive

rim

Translations

Tour

tournée

tour

voyage

viaggio

Reise

gira

Tournee

reis

rondreis

περιοδεία

tournee

visite

excursion

περιοδεύω

Sentences

The national tour ended the following year as his management costs proved too expensive .

Niklas Engelin was announced as his replacement for the tour .