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tour
[too
r] 
–noun
| 1. | a traveling around from place to place. |
| 2. | a long journey including the visiting of a number of places in sequence, esp. with an organized group led by a guide. |
| 3. | a brief trip through a place, as a building or a site, in order to view or inspect it: The visiting prime minister was given a tour of the chemical plant. |
| 4. | a journey from town to town to fulfill engagements, as by a theatrical company or an entertainer: to go on tour; a European concert tour. |
| 5. | a period of duty at one place or in one job. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to travel from place to place. |
| 7. | to travel from town to town fulfilling engagements. |
–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to travel through (a place). |
| 9. | to send or take (a theatrical company, its production, etc.) from town to town. |
| 10. | to guide (someone) on a tour: He toured us through the chateaus of the Loire Valley. |
Synonyms:
2. trip, expedition. 6, 8. visit.
2. trip, expedition. 6, 8. visit.
La Tour
[lah toor; Fr. la toor] –noun
| Georges de [zhawrzh duh] , 1593–1652, French painter. |
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| tour (tŏŏr) n.
v. intr.
[Middle English, a turn, from Old French (influenced by tourner, to turn about), from Latin tornus, lathe; see turn.] tour'er n. |
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Tour
Tour\, n. [F. tour. See Tower.] A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Tour
Tour\, n. [F. tour. See Turn, v. t.]1. A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. --Milton. 2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Obs.] --Blackmore. 3. (Mil.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty. Syn: Journey; excursion. See Journey.
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Language Translation for : tour
Spanish:
viaje, excursión,
German:
die Rundreise,
Japanese:
旅行
tour (n.)
c.1320, "a turn, a shift on duty," from O.Fr. tour, tourn "a turn, trick, round, circuit, circumference," from torner, tourner "to turn," from L. tornare "to polish, round off, fashion, turn on a lathe" (see turn). Sense of "a traveling around, journey" is first recorded 1643. The verb is attested from 1746. Tourist is first attested 1780; tourist trap attested from 1939 in Graham Greene; tourism is from 1811. Tour de force "feat of strength" is 1802, from Fr., from force "strength." Tour de France is recorded from 1922. The Grand Tour, a journey through France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy formerly was the finishing touch in the education of a gentleman.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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