/tʊə/
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Translation
A journey in which you visit several places, often with a guide.
Word origin
From Old French tour, "a turn", because a tour brings you back round to where you began.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- tour
- English cognates
- turn, tourist
Grammar
Gender
Pluraltours
Examples
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A "tour" visits several places, one after another.
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A band on tour plays in many towns.
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Here the tour is done on foot.
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