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  1. noun A trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction.
  2. noun A group organized for such a trip or for a shorter sightseeing excursion.
  3. noun A brief trip to or through a place for the purpose of seeing it: a tour of the house.
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  • Also along for the tour will be the traveling studio which Butch (and band members) have used during past tours. —  DMB Headlines Courtesy of antsmarching.org
  • The Cuban icon's upcoming Latin American tour will be her last (...) —  Woo Factor
  • Yankton's host site for the tour will be at Fantle Memorial Park.
  • The Black Caps have to win every game or the tour will be a failure. —  Mike On Cricket
  • The vice president's choice of capitals for his tour is a pointer to the fact that the military option, off since December, may be on again. —  DEBKAfile
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trip ·  visit ·  excursion ·  survey ·  conference ·  campaign ·  mission ·  session ·  travel ·  cruise ·  holiday ·  review

Used in the same contextWord Family

tour:   tours ·  toured ·  touring
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, a turn, from Old French (influenced by tourner, to turn about), from Latin tornus, lathe; see turn.

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  1. Formerly also tower, tow'r; from French tour, a turn, journey, tour: see turn, n.
  2. from tour, n.
 

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