tour

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Pronunciation[change]

  • IPA (key): /tɔː(r)/ or /tʊə(r)/ or /tɝ/
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Noun[change]

Singular
tour

Plural
tours

  1. A tour is a planned walk, bus trip, or flight, to look at a particular place.
    Last year we took a wonderful tour to Rome.

Verb[change]

Plain form
tour

Third-person singular
tours

Past tense
toured

Past participle
toured

Present participle
touring

  1. (transitive) If you tour a place, you go around it to look at it, often with a guide.
    The president gave a short tour around the new factory.
  2. Moving from place to place to perform.
    The opera company was touring Europe and Africa.
    The Grammy winner toured several cities on the East Coast last year.
    Many country western singers tour during the summer months.