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Definition: Detour |
DetourNoun1. A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked). Verb1. Travel via a detour. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "detour" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | An alternative route for traffic to avoid congestion, obstruction, or other hazard. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A highway within a built-up area to enable traffic to avoid congested areas or other obstructions to movement. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Military | Deviation from those parts of a route where movement has become difficult or impossible to ensure continuity of movement to the destination. The modified part of the route is known as a "detour." (references) |
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Synonym: DetourSynonym: roundabout way (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circuit | Verb: perform a circuit; go round about, go out of one's way; make a detour; meander; (deviate). |
Noun: circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour, circumbendibus, ambages, loop; winding; (circuition); zigzag; (deviation). | |
Circuition | Wind, circulate, meander; whisk, twirl; twist; (convolution); make a detour; (circuit). |
Curvature | Curvature, curvity, curvation; incurvature, incurvity; incurvation; bend; flexure, flexion, flection; conflexure; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion; inflection, inflexion; concameration; arcuation, devexity, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity, recurvation; sinuosity. |
Deviation | Diversion, digression, depart from, aberration; divergence; zigzag; detour; (circuit); divagation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Detour |
| Specialty definitions using "detour": FLAGGER ♦ traffic control signaler. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "detour": Deturn. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's kind of like when you go on vacation: you plan everything out, but then one day you make a wrong turn, or take a detour, and you end up in some crazy place you can't even find on the map, doing something you never thought you'd do. Maybe you feel a little lost while it's happening, but later you realize it was the best part of the whole trip (Threesome; writing credit: Andrew Fleming.) It's taking a detour around the damage and tapping into a region of the brain that humans don't normally use to handle sensory perception (The Dead Zone; writing credit: Aleksandar Djordjevic) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Detour to Danger (1946) A Hollywood Detour (1942) Last Detour (1994) Detour (1992) Texas Detour (1978) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | I wish folks would keep their pets on leashes! A very large alligator causes the average pedestrian to consider a detour. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Detour sign, Chillicothe, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I have to make a detour. |
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Economic History | Sri Lanka | The ADB is expected to provide $10 million for engineering designs in 2001. Hambantota, on the southern coast, minutes from the mainline shipping lanes (Colombo is actually an 8-hour detour), is also being considered as a possible long-term replacement for Colombo. (references) |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | IDF troops refused to allow the taxi carrying Awad to proceed through a checkpoint to the hospital, and forced it to take a long detour. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Detour" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.15% of the time. "Detour" is used about 191 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.15% | 176 | 23,410 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.71% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.62% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.52% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 191 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Detour Magazine, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Detour, MD |
Expressions using "detour": make a detour ♦ take a detour. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "detour"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rrugë e tërthortë (circumbendibus), mënyrë e tërthortë. (various references) | |
Arabic | الالتفاف, إنعطف (deflect, turn, turn around, turn the corner, wheel, wind), إنعطاف (deflection, return, sinuosity, turn), إجتاز (accomplish, cover, cross, go over, navigate, outdistance, overpass, overshoot, pound, pull through, rise, roll by, traverse, voyage, walk). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отклонение (aberration, bias, declination, deflection, deflexion, derivation, deviation, digression, divergence, divergency, diversion, drift, excursion, inflection, inflexion, lapse, ramification, shunt, swerve, turnout, variation), обход. (various references) | |
Chinese | "". (various references) | |
Czech | zacházka, oklika (roundabout), objížïka (diversion, round). (various references) | |
Danish | omkoerselsvej (by-pass, diversion), omkoerselsrute (diversion route, loop road), omkoersel (by-pass, diversion), omfartsvej (diversion route, loop road), aflastningsvej (alternative routing, by-pass, relief road). (various references) | |
Dutch | omleiding (alternate route, alternation, alternative route, alternative routing, diversion route, loop road, re-routing, to bypass, to by-pass). (various references) | |
Farsi | خطسیررامنحرف کردن , انحراف (Corruption, Deflexion, Departure, Deviance, Digression, Inclination, Invert, Leeway, Offset, Perversion, Refraction, Skew, Slope, Veer, Yaw). (various references) | |
Finnish | mutka (bend, curve), kiertotie (circuitous route), kierros (circuit, lap, orbit, revolution, round, turn). (various references) | |
French | déviation (deflection, deviation, deviousness), détour. (various references) | |
German | Umleitung (diversion, redirecting, redirection), Umweg (indirection, roundabout way). (various references) | |
Greek | παράκαμψη (by-passing, circumvention). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעקף (bypass), לעקוף (by pass, bypass, evade, go round, surround). (various references) | |
Hungarian | terelőút (diversion, relief road), kerülő út (circuit, oblique ways, roundabout). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jalan memutar, benter. (various references) | |
Italian | deviazione (aberration, deflection, departure, deviation, diversion, offset, shunt, swerve). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 迂路 , 迂回 (turning movement), 路 (journey, long road), 回り (roundabout way), 回り (roundabout way), 大回り (the long way around, wide turn), 回り" . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おおまわり (the long way around, wide turn), まわりみち, うかい (cormorant fishing, turning movement), うろ (rain and dew), とおまわり (roundabout way), え"ろ (journey, long road, route, shaven head, tonsure). (various references) | |
Korean | 우회 (bypass, By-pass). (various references) | |
Manx | combaase (circular route, compass, timing). (various references) | |
Norwegian | omvei. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etourday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desvio (break, canting, crossroad, deflection, deflexion, departure, deviation, deviousness, digression, diversion, leakage, meander, misapplication, roundabout, set, shunt, sidetrack, siding, switch, turn, turnabout, turning, veering). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | desvio. (various references) | |
Romanian | ocol (bounds, compass, courtyard, enclosure, grounds, round, roundabout, surrounding, surroundings, tour, turn, wheel), înconjur (girth, turn). (various references) | |
Russian | окольный путь (back way, circumbendibus, sideway). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zaobilazak (bypass, circumvention, indirection), skretanje s pravog puta. (various references) | |
Spanish | rodeo (circumlocution, encirclement, gird, rodeo, round up). (various references) | |
Swedish | omväg (circuitous road, round about, round-about, roundabout way). (various references) | |
Turkish | dolambaçlı yol (ambages, circuit, indirect means, meander, meandering, roundabout, roundabout way), servis yolundan vermek, servis yolu, saptırmak (angle, call away, color, colour, contort, deflect, demotivate, deviate, distort, draw off, garble, gerrymander, lead away, reroute, strain, sway, swerve, veer, veer round, vitiate, warp, wring), sapmak (bear, deflect, deviate, digress, diverge, diverge from, lapse, lead away from, oblique, sheer, sheer away, sheer from, sheer off, slant, stray, swerve, swing, turn, turn aside, turn off, turn up, wander, wander off), sapma (bias, declension, declination, deflection, deflexion, departure, deviation, divagation, drift, excursion, inequality, lapse, obliqueness, obliquity, perversion, refracting, refractive, spread, swing, turn, warp), sapak (turnout). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | об'їзд (byroad, circuit, side road), обхідний шлях (back way, roundabout), обхід (by pass, circuit, perambulation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự đi sai đường, khúc ngoặt, chỗ quanh co (curve). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 23, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ouai umin odhgoi tufloi oi legonteV oV an omosh en tw naw ouden estin oV d an omosh en tw crusw tou naou ofeilei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vae vobis duces caeci qui dicitis quicumque iuraverit per templum nihil est qui autem iuraverit in aurum templi debet |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Wa eow blinde liceteras ge seggeð swa hwylce swa swereð on temple þt isnaht. swa hwa swa swerað on þas templesgolde. se ys sceldig. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Woo to you, blynde lederis, that seien, Who euere `shal swere by the temple of God, `no thing is; sothely he that `shal swere in the gold of the temple, `owith, or is detour. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Wo be vnto you blynd gides which saye whosoever sweare by the teple it is no thinge: but whosoever sweare by the golde of the temple he offendeth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 23, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | "Alaut kamo, mga magtotultol nga buta, nga manag-ingon, `Kon may manumpa tungod sa templo, wala kanay bili; apan kon may manumpa tungod sa bulawan sa templo, obligado siya sa iyang panumpa.` |
| Croatian | "Jao vama! Slijepe voðe! Govorite: 'Zakune li se tko Hramom, nije ništa. Ali ako se zakune hramskim zlatom, veže ga zakletva.' |
| Danish | Ve eder, I blinde Vejledere! I, som sige: Den, som sværger ved Templet, det er intet; men den, som sværger ved Guldet i Templet, han er forpligtet. |
| Dutch | Wee u, gij blinde leidslieden, die zegt: Zo wie gezworen zal hebben bij den tempel, dat is niets; maar zo wie gezworen zal hebben bij het goud des tempels, die is schuldig. |
| Finnish | Te tyhmät ja sokeat! Kumpi on suurempi, kultako vai temppeli, joka kullan pyhittää? |
| French | Malheur vous, conducteurs aveugles! qui dites: Si quelqu`un jure par le temple, ce n`est rien; mais, si quelqu`un jure par l`or du temple, il est engagé. |
| German | Weh euch, verblendete Leiter, die ihr sagt: "Wer da schwört bei dem Tempel, das ist nichts; wer aber schwört bei dem Gold am Tempel, der ist's schuldig." |
| Hungarian | Jaj néktek vak vezérek, a kik ezt mondjátok: Ha valaki a templomra esküszik, semmi az; de ha valaki a templom aranyára esküszik, tartozik az. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Celakalah kalian pemimpin-pemimpin yang buta! Kalian mengajarkan ini, 'Kalau orang bersumpah demi Rumah Tuhan, orang itu tidak terikat pada sumpahnya; tetapi kalau ia bersumpah demi emas di dalam Rumah Tuhan, ia terikat pada sumpahnya itu.' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Wai bagi kamu, hai pemimpin yang buta, yang berkata: Barangsiapa yang bersumpah demi Bait Allah, tiada mengapa; tetapi barangsiapa yang bersumpah demi emas Bait Allah, maka tertanggunglah. |
| Italian | Guai a voi, guide cieche, che dite: Se si giura per il tempio non vale, ma se si giura per l'oro del tempio si è obbligati. |
| Manx Gaelic | Smerg diu leeideilee doal, ta gra, Quoi-erbee looys liorish y chiamble, nagh vel eh veg: agh quoi-erbee looys liorish airh y chiamble, t'eh kianlt gys e vreearrey. |
| Maori | Aue, te mate mo koutou, e nga kaiarahi matapo, e mea nei, Ki te oatitia te whare tapu e tetahi, he mea noa ano; otira ki te oatitia e tetahi te koura o te whare tapu, ka mau tana! |
| Norwegian | Ve eder, I blinde veiledere, som sier: Om nogen sverger ved templet, det er intet; men den som sverger ved gullet i templet, han er bundet! |
| Rumanian | Vai de voi, povqyuitori orbi, cari ziceyi: ,Dacq jurq cineva pe Templu, nu este nimic; dar dacq jurq pe aurul Templului, este legat de jurqmkntul lui.` |
| Russian | зПТЕ ЧБН, ЧПЦ"Й УМЕ ЩЕ, ЛПФПТЩЕ ЗПЧПТЙФЕ: ЕУМЙ ЛФП ПЛМСОЕФУС ИТБНПН, ФП ОЙЮЕЗП, Б ЕУМЙ ЛФП ПЛМСОЕФУС ЪПМПФПН ИТБНБ, ФП ПЧЙОЕО. |
| Shuar | `Wáinkiatárum átumka. Jintinkiartiniaitiatrum nékachu asarum kusurua ainiuitrume. Ju Jintíarme: "Shuar nekasan tajai tusa Yusa Jeen Páchiakka nii tana nuna umitsuk ikiukminiaiti. Antsu nekasan tajai tusa Yusa Jeen kuri ana nuna Páchiakka ti nekas umiktiniaiti" Tíniuitrume. |
| Swedish | Ve eder, I blinde ledare, som sägen: 'Om någon svär vid templet, så betyder det intet; men om någon svär vid guldet i templet, då är han bunden av sin ed'! |
| Uma | "Bate silaka-koi mpai'! Koi' hewa to wero to doko' mpotete' doo! Metudui' -koi hewa toi: Ane ria tauna to mpobabehi pojanci pai' mosumpa-i mpokahangai' Tomi Alata'ala, ni'uli' uma-i tehoo' hante sumpa-na toe. Hiaa' ane mpokahangai' -i bulawa to hi rala Tomi Alata'ala, tehoo' -i hante sumpa-na toe. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "detour": detoured, detouring, detours. (additional references) | |
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"Detour" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dahouk, dator, debour, Decourt, Decoux, dedour, defore, defour, desour, destour, deto, Detory, detourn, dextor, Dijoud, Dikoul, ditor, Dochfour, Doutoum, dutout, Editeur, Kemour, Letoul, metour. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "detour" (pronounced di'tuh"r or dē"tuhr) |
| 3 | -t uh" r | couture, tour. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: redout, routed, toured. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: doter, outed, outer, outre, route, trode, trued, uredo. | |
-2 letters: doer, dore, dote, dour, duet, dure, duro, euro, redo, rode, rote, roue, rout, rude, rued, toed, tore, tour, trod, true, turd. | |
-3 letters: doe, dor, dot, due, duo, ode, ore, ort, oud, our, out, red, ret, rod, roe, rot, rue, rut, ted, tod, toe, tor. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: courted, detours, doubter, dourest, eductor, grouted, obtrude, outbred, outdare, outdoer, outdrew, outread, outride, outrode, readout, redoubt, redouts, rousted, torqued, trouped, tutored. | |
+2 letters: aeroduct, authored, clotured, cornuted, detoured, deuteron, devouter, dextrous, doubters, educator, eductors, fortuned, obdurate, obtruded, obtruder, obtrudes, outbreed, outcried, outdared, outdares, outdoers, outdream, outdress, outdrive, outdrove, outfired, outheard, outraced, outraged, outrated, outraved, outreads, outrider, outrides, outrowed, outsider, outtrade, postured, protrude, proudest, ragouted, readouts, redoubts, reductor, rerouted, roqueted, roundest, roundlet, sprouted, taboured, tonsured, tortured, troubled, trounced, trudgeon, tuberoid, udometer, udometry, undertow, unrooted, unsorted, uprooted. | |
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