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tour

[ toor ]
/ tʊər /
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noun
verb (used without object)
to travel from place to place.
to travel from town to town fulfilling engagements.
verb (used with object)
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Origin of tour

1250–1300; Middle English (noun) <Middle French <Latin tornus<Greek tórnos tool for making a circle. See turn

OTHER WORDS FROM tour

min·i·tour, nounun·toured, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for tour

tour
/ (tʊə) /

noun
verb
to make a tour of (a place)
to perform (a show) or promote (a product) in several different places

Word Origin for tour

C14: from Old French: a turn, from Latin tornus a lathe, from Greek tornos; compare turn
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