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Definition of tour noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  • have/take a vacation/a break/a day off/a year off/time off
  • go on/be on vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/sabbatical/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage
  • go backpacking/camping/sightseeing
  • plan a trip/a vacation/your itinerary
  • reserve a hotel room/a flight/tickets
  • have/make/cancel a reservation
  • rent a condo/a vacation home/a cabin
  • rent a car/bicycle/moped/scooter/Jet Ski
  • stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/a trailer/a vacation home/a resort/a timeshare
  • cost/charge $100 a/per night for a suite/a single/double/twin room
  • check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room
  • pack/unpack your suitcase/bags
  • call/order room service
  • cancel/cut short a trip/vacation
  • apply for/get/renew a/your passport
  • take out/buy/get travel insurance
  • catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight
  • fly (in)/travel (in) first/business/economy class
  • make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour layover/stopover in Hong Kong
  • experience/cause/lead to delays
  • check (in)/collect/get/lose your baggage/luggage
  • be charged for/pay excess baggage fees
  • board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry
  • taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway
  • experience/hit/encounter (mild/severe) turbulence
  • suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/motion sickness
  • be seasick/carsick
  • attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors
  • encourage/promote/hurt tourism
  • promote/develop ecotourism
  • build/develop/visit a tourist/tropical/beach/ski resort
  • work for/be operated by a major hotel chain
  • be served by/compete with low-fare/low-cost/budget airlines
  • use/go to/have a travel agent
  • contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator
  • buy/be on/go on a package deal/vacation/tour
  • buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs
  • trip an act of traveling from one place to another, and usually back again: a business trip a five-minute trip by taxi
  • journey an act of traveling from one place to another, especially when they are far apart: a long and difficult journey across the mountains
  • A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey , although it does not have to be: a trip to New York a round-the-world trip. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the traveling takes a long time and is difficult.
  • tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited: a tour of California
  • commute the regular trip that a person makes when they travel to work and back home again: a two-hour commute into downtown Washington
  • expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known: the first expedition to the South Pole
  • excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people: We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
  • outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day: My project team organized an afternoon outing to celebrate.
  • an overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
  • a bus/train trip/journey/tour
  • to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing
  • to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
  • to take a(n) trip/journey/expedition/excursion

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  • 3 an official series of visits made to different places by a sports team, an orchestra , an important person, etc. The band is currently on a nine-day tour of France. The band is on tour in France. a concert tour The Prince will visit Boston on the last leg (= part) of his American tour. The soldiers will do a six-month tour of duty in the Mideast.

Definition of tour – Learner’s Dictionary

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  • The tour offers a chance to visit places of interest .
  • Despite the accident , she intends to complete her tour as originally planned .
  • The band's American tour coincided with the release of their second album .
  • They went on a sightseeing tour of London.
  • The tour guide was very informative .

(Definition of tour from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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tour ( English)

Pronunciation.

  • IPA: /tɔː(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophones: tore ( pour-poor merger )

Origin & history I

  • A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.    On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
  • A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.    On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
  • A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts .    Metallica's tour of Europe
  • ( sports , chiefly , cricket and rugby ) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
  • ( military ) A tour of duty .
  • ( graph theory ) A closed trail .
  • ( obsolete ) A going round; a circuit.
  • Milton The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour .
  • ( obsolete ) A turn ; a revolution .    the tours of the heavenly bodies

▾  Derived words & phrases

  • tour d'horizon
  • tour de force

Origin & history II

  • ( dated ) A tower .

Origin & history III

  • To toot a horn .

tour ( Breton)

Tour ( dutch), origin & history, tour ( french).

  • tower    La tour de Pise est penchée. - The Tower of Pisa is leaning.
  • ( chess ) rook
  • turn , circumference
  • walk , stroll
  • lathe , potter ’s wheel

tour ( Portuguese)

  • tour (guided visit)
  • tour (journey through a given list of places)

tour ( Scots)

  • see tour (English)

tour ( Spanish)

  • tour , guided visit to a country, museum, etc.
  • ( sports ) tour , a trip to another country to play matches
  • ( music ) tour , a trip to other countries undertaken by a singer or musician
  • visit to a place : viaje , visita , excursión
  • trip by a musician : gira

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Cher has added a bunch of dates to her Here We Go Again Tour and she’ll be on the road for several months in 2020! The legendary entertainer is bringing Nile Rodgers and Chic on tour with her again. Just Jared, 4 November 2019

Josh Hill became the youngest winner of a sanctioned tour event Wednesday when the 15-year-old amateur from Dubai shot 8-under 62 to win the Al Ain Open on the MENA Tour. The Washington Times, 23 October 2019

Kate Middleton is serving looks during her and Prince William's five-day tour of Pakistan. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge officially kicked off the tour on Monday, Oct. E! Online, 16 October 2019

▾  Further examples

Her Beautiful Trauma World Tour ranking as the 10th highest-grossing tour in Billboard Boxscore's history. She recently made her 159th and final stop and final stop on the tour in Austin, Texas. Mail Online, 7 November 2019

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tour an army dog training school on the last day of their tour . BBC News, 18 October 2019

The AFL Premiership Cup Tour across Queensland was not your average trophy roadshow – more a tour de force that took the game’s holy grail to the state’s most picturesque locations. news.com.au, 21 October 2020

Some fans had criticised the lack of official confirmation that the rock legend's tour was off. BBC News, 22 October 2020

Dubliners and visitors to the city will be able to take a guided tour of the sites central to one of its most beloved bands, U2 - using only their phones. Independent.ie, 19 October 2020

England will play two Twenty20 internationals in Karachi on October 14 and 15, after plans to participate in a goodwill tour in the new year were put back nine months. Mail Online, 18 November 2020

With the Indian team support staff for company, Test specialists Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari will be leaving for Dubai next Sunday to join rest of the squad members for the tour of Australia. The Times of India, 25 October 2020

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  • peregrinate
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noun as in journey; stint

Strongest matches

Strong matches

  • peregrination

Weak matches

  • circle tour
  • whistle-stop

verb as in visit, journey

  • peregrinate
  • go on the road
  • take a trip

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Example sentences.

The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site hosts a walking tour of Douglass’ Anacostia today at noon.

Noah Latham, a private based at Fort Drum, did a tour of Iraq as a drone operator, according to an Army spokesperson.

Hughes was scheduled to join city officials on a tour of the building two weeks later.

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At that time, Matt Rihm and Hans Smith of Armada Skis were driving out for a ski tour in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains.

Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President of the Fortune Society, gave a tour along with a few residents.

Before I go out on tour, I ask for prayer and to help my family.

They finished out the tour without incident, while newspapers across the country picked up the story.

TLC promptly pulled the plug on the hit series and Shannon embarked on a press tour denying the claims.

I was a part of this tour, debating Meyer in Richmond, Virginia in April.

The magazines sketch us a lively article, the newspapers vignette us, step by step, a royal tour.

But the traveller took a wide tour; and did not bring the letter to its destination until two months after its date.

Your most intimate friend arrived in Paris, and you choose the next day to make a little tour!

I did not anticipate a tour of pleasure through Ireland, but the reality is more painful than I anticipated.

He explained quietly that he did not belong here, but was making a tour of the parishes of Wurttemberg and Baden.

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noun as in period of time in which something occurs

verb as in attempt to win political election

  • contend for
  • electioneer
  • go to grass roots
  • hit the trail
  • mend fences
  • press the flesh
  • ring doorbells
  • shake hands and kiss babies
  • solicit votes

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