Tour | Mean of tour in English Dictionary
/ˈtuɚ/
- Noun
- a journey through the different parts of a country, region, etc.
- We went on a tour of Italy.
- They went on a driving tour of New England.
- a sightseeing tour
- We hired a tour guide. [=a person who takes people on trips through an area and explains the interesting details about it]
- an activity in which you go through a place (such as a building or city) in order to see and learn about the different parts of it
- They went on a tour of the city.
- We were taken on a tour of/through the school.
- We went on a guided tour of the museum.
- They gave us a tour of their new house.
- We made a tour of the garden. [=we walked around the garden]
- a tour of inspection [=an activity in which someone goes through a place in order to see if things are in the proper condition]
- a series of related performances, appearances, competitions, etc., that occur at different places over a period of time
- a golf/book/concert tour
- The band will be on tour [=traveling on a tour] for the next month.
- a period of time during which someone (such as a soldier) is on duty or in a certain place
- during his tour in Vietnam
- He served a tour of duty in Germany.
- Verb
- to make a journey or trip through an area or place
- We toured London.
- We'll tour the museum tomorrow.
- We toured around for several weeks last summer.
- “Are you here to study?” “No, I'm just touring.”
- to travel from place to place to perform, give speeches, etc.
- Is the band touring this year?
- The show has toured the country.