tour

CEFRA1

/tɔː(ɹ)/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A journey in which several places are visited.

  2. 02

    verb

    To travel around places for pleasure or performance.

Examples

  • Our tour guide showed us around the old town.

  • Where do I book a bus tour?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /tuːɐ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.

  2. A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

  3. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.

More examples

In context

  • Is there a tour guide available?

  • On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.

  • On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.

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Origin

noun

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.