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Tour   /tʊr/   Listen
Tour

noun
1.
A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area.  Synonym: circuit.  "We took a quick circuit of the park" , "A ten-day coach circuit of the island"
2.
A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else).  Synonyms: go, spell, turn.  "A spell of work"
3.
A period of time spent in military service.  Synonyms: duty tour, enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty.
verb
(past & past part. toured; pres. part. touring)
1.
Make a tour of a certain place.



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"Tour" Quotes from Famous Books



... however, are still guilty of a thoughtless captiousness towards America, which is none the less galling because it manifests itself in the most trifling matters. A friend of my own returned a few years ago from a short tour in the United States, declaring that he heartily disliked the country, and would never go back again. Inquiry as to the grounds of his dissatisfaction elicited no more definite or damning charge than that "they" (a collective pronoun presumed ...
— America To-day, Observations and Reflections • William Archer
... had spoken truth when he said there was no such thing as a fresh start. For good or evil, you were the product of your yesterdays. The nightmare tour on the road with The Girl Up-stairs company was a part of Rose; the day in Centropolis, the night when Galbraith had made love to her. The hour in the University Club, when Rodney's heart had first shrunk from an unacknowledged fear; the days and weeks of humiliation ...
— The Real Adventure • Henry Kitchell Webster
... scene-painter. She was making a brief tour in Provence to collect material for a Roman drama for which she was commissioned to design ...
— Swirling Waters • Max Rittenberg
... however, at Cambridge discredited the craze for spiritualism, and Captain Harland's fortunes declined. He crossed with his daughter to France and made a disastrous tour in that country, wasted the last of his resources in the Casino at Dieppe, and died in that town, leaving Celia just enough money to bury him and to pay ...
— At the Villa Rose • A. E. W. Mason
... conversation as "the mystery of Samburan" had caused such a sensation in the Archipelago that even those in the highest spheres were anxious to hear something at first hand. Davidson had been summoned to an audience. It was a high official on his tour. ...
— Victory • Joseph Conrad


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