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tour
has definitions from the fields of transportation,work,military
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[ noun ] (transportation) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
Synonyms Examples "they took an extended tour of Europe" "we took a quick circuit of the park" "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Also on the bill at the Fifty-fifth_Street is a nice ten minute color film called `` Sunday_in_Greenwich_Village '' , a tour of the haunts and joints . Related terms journey itineration grand_tour pub_crawl package_holiday whistle-stop_tour walkabout |
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[ noun ] (transportation) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
Examples "they took an extended tour of Europe" "we took a quick circuit of the park" "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" |
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[ verb ] make a tour of a certain place
Examples "We toured the Provence this summer" Used in print (U.S. News and World Report,...)Commerce_Secretary_Luther_Hodges , accompanied by a member of our staff , on May 10 toured plants of two of Italy 's biggest companies - Fiat , the auto producer , and Olivetti , maker of typewriters and calculating_machines . (The Atlanta Constitution,...)Touring Africa , the new U._S. assistant secretary_of_state observed `` Africa should be for the Africans '' and the_British promptly denounced him . (Confidential, 9:1...)In the spring and early summer of_that year she met a wealthy foreign tycoon who took her to France , where she later met a very wealthy_man and toured all Europe with him . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work) a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
Examples "it's my go" "a spell of work" Used in print (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)Mission_Street at this hour was populated by a whole community that Gun could not have seen on his tour of duty - the neighborhood that had known Urbano_Quintana by day . |
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[ noun ] (military) a period of time spent in military service
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