tour

Pronunciation: /tɔː(ɹ)/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
  2. noun a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
  3. noun a period of time spent in military service

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

circuit

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
journey
Narrower (hyponyms)
whistle-stop tour, grand tour, package tour, pub crawl, itineration, walkabout

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