detour
noun
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
detours
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pluralof detour.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof detour (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
detournouna roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
Example Sentences
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At points “En Route” detours into encounters with less-familiar literary lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Whether we planned for them or not, the road is filled with obstacles, detours and dead ends.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Flyovers speed traffic while forcing pedestrians into hazardous detours below.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
He next found himself taking detours to cover new streets in Northeast Los Angeles as he’d ride to and from Koreatown Run Club meet-ups at Los Angeles Community College.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Still checking the Marauder’s Map whenever he got a chance, he sometimes made detours to wherever Malfoy happened to be, but had not yet detected him doing anything out of the ordinary.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
