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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOUR, n.
1. Literally, a going round; hence, a journey in a circuit; as the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.
2. A turn; a revolution; as the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Not now in use.]
3. A turn; as a tour of duty; a military use of the word.
4. A tress or circular border of hair on the head, worn sometimes by both sexes.
5. A tower. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" [syn: tour, circuit]
2: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn]
3: a period of time spent in military service [syn: enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour] v
1: make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tur, tourn turning, circuit, journey — more at turn Date: 14th century 1. a. one's turn in an orderly schedule ; shift b. a period during which an individual or unit is on a specific duty or at one place <a tour of duty> 2. a. a journey for business, pleasure, or education often involving a series of stops and ending at the starting point; also something resembling such a tour <a tour of the history of philosophy> b. a brief turn ; round c. a series of professional tournaments (as in golf or tennis) II. verb Date: 1708 intransitive verb to make a tour transitive verb 1. to make a tour of 2. to present (as a theatrical production) on a tour

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a journey from place to place as a holiday. b an excursion, ramble, or walk (made a tour of the garden). 2 a a spell of duty on military or diplomatic service. b the time to be spent at a particular post. 3 a series of performances, matches, etc., at different places on a route through a country etc. --v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by through) make a tour (toured through India). 2 tr. make a tour of (a country etc.). Phrases and idioms: on tour (esp. of a team, theatre company, etc.) touring. touring-car a car with room for passengers and much luggage. tour operator a travel agent specializing in package holidays. Etymology: ME f. OF to(u)r f. L tornus f. Gk tornos lathe

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tour Tour, n. [F. tour. See Tower.] A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tour Tour, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toured; p. pr. & vb. n. Touring.] To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. --T. Hughes.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tours, touring, toured) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A tour is an organized trip that people such as musicians, politicians, or theatre companies go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform. The band are currently on a two-month tour of Europe... ...a presidential campaign tour in Illinois. N-COUNT: usu with supp • When people are travelling on a tour, you can say that they are on tour. The band will be going on tour... PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR 2. When people such as musicians, politicians, or theatre companies tour, they go on a tour, for example in order to perform or to meet people. A few years ago they toured the country in a roadshow... He toured for nearly two years and played 500 sell-out shows... VERB: V n, V 3. A tour is a journey during which you visit several places that interest you. It was week five of my tour of the major cities of Europe. N-COUNT: oft N of n 4. A tour is a short trip that you make round a place, for example round a historical building, so that you can look at it. ...a guided tour of a ruined Scottish castle. N-COUNT: oft N of n 5. If you tour a place, you go on a journey or trip round it. You can also tour the site on modern coaches equipped with videos... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Journey (in a circuit), excursion, trip, expedition, pilgrimage, circuit, round, perambulation, course.

Moby Thesaurus

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