Tour

Definition: Tour

Tour

Noun

1. A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island".

2. A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work".

3. A period of time spent in military service.

Verb

1. Make a tour of a certain place.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "tour" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references)

Fine Arts

General

Mining

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Tour

Action

Deed, act, overt act, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan).

Cunning

Art, artifice; device, machination; plot; (plan); maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile; trick, trickery; (deception); ruse, ruse de guerre; finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion; white lie; (untruth); juggle, tour de force; tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers; espieglerie; net, trap.

Journey

Journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt.

Ostentation

Coup de theatre; stage effect, stage trick; claptrap; mise en scene; tour de force; chic.

Skill

Masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force; good stroke; (plan).

Crosswords: Tour

French (Castle, circuit, file, lap, lathe, line, move, prank, rank, Rev, revolution, ride, rook, rotation, round, row, run, spell, steeple, stroll, tour, tower, trick, turn, twist, walk, wander, wheel, whirl), German (climb, drive, excursion, figure, file, hike, journey, line, outing, ploy, rank, Rev, revolution, ride, round, row, tour, trip, turn, voyage, walk).

No, ma'am, I'm with the economy tour! (Octopussy; writing credit: George MacDonald Fraser)

Hi, I'm Tour Guide Barbie (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter)

Eventually, you do plan to have dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour, right (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton)

Now the bus tour, which is real, takes to places that, while they are real, they are not real in sense that they did not really happen to the real Peterman which is you. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

I am your dam guide, Arnie, please don't wander off the dam tour and please take all the dam pictures you want (Vegas Vacation; writing credit: Elisa Bell; Bob Ducsay)

Until you met my drummer on a grey tour bus (Once Bitten Twice Shy; performing artist: Great White)

It's groove move more of us hate, come on tour (Feels Good; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

On tour getting the crowds going wild and (Ain't No Place Like Home; performing artist: Prince)

On a tour of one night stands (Homeward Bound; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel)

The Cranberries English tour 1993 (Zombie; performing artist: The Cranberries)

Brian Wilson: On Tour (2003)

Le Tour d'écrou (1974)

La Tour du monde de Colargol (1974)

Community Action Theater on Tour (1973)

Tour en l'air (1973)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• PGA European Tour Courses Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Grand Adventures Tour & Travel Publishng: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Societe de La Tour Eiffel: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Sightseeing Tour Services in Taiwan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1995 (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• The Architecture Pack : A Unique, Three-Dimensional Tour of Architecture over the Centuries : What Architects Do, How They Do It (reference)

• Chattanooga Walking Tour and Historic Guide (reference)

• Paths to Victory: A History and Tour Guide of the Stone's River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville Campaigns (Miles, Jim. Civil War Campaigns Series.) (reference)

• A Cook's Tour (reference)

• University of Cincinnati: An Architectural Tour (Campus Guide (New York, N.Y.).) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Artist Tour History Dispatch (reference)

• Tour Of Duty Magazine (reference)

• World Fashion Tour (reference)

• PGA TOUR Partners (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Elvis on Tour (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Insound Tour Support Collection 1 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• BUSHNELL 20-0002 Yardage Pro Tour Laser Range Finder (reference)

• Paddington: The World Mystery Tour (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Voyager Tour Montage. Credit: NASA.

JFK Tour of KSC. Credit: NASA.

The Parana River delta is a huge forested marshland about 32km northeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The area is a very popular tour destination. Guided boat tours can be taken into this vast labyrinth of marsh and trees. The Parana River delta is one of the world's greatest bird-watching destinations. This image highlights the striking contrast between dense forest and wetland marshes, and the deep blue ribbon of the Parana River. Credit: NASA.

Colonel E. Lester Jones and Honorable J. D. Craig On EXPLORER on International Boundary Commission inspection tour Colonel Jones was a founder of the American Legion. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Mrs. Peacock being carried ashore from small boat She accompanied her husband on ship during his tour as commanding officer Off the MARINDUQUE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The city of Charleston as seen from the Fort Sumter tour boat. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A post-planting inspection tour by the Trustees. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Senator Breaux and other dignitaries prepare for an air boat tour of the restoration project. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Secretary of Defense William Cohen accompanied by his wife, Janet Langart Cohen, is greeted by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Elite Guard during their arrival to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Dec. 17. Cohen's Holiday Tour 2000 stop at Ramstein included perfo.

District Conservationist Carman Westerfield and Leesa Woodal, Executive Director, Lamar County Exposition Authority tour new tree planting on Barnsville Exposition Center. Assistance provided by RC&D and NRCS. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

She is still living in the Rue de la Tour des Dames, is not she

Benjamin Lassiter was coming to the unavoidable conclusion that the woman who had written A Walking Tour of the British Coastline, the book he was carrying in his backpack, had never been on a walking tour of any kind, and would probably not recognize the British coastline if it were to dance through her bedroom at the head of a marching band, singing 'I'm the British Coastline' in a loud and cheerful voice while accompanying itself on the kazoo

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Most radiation departments are willing to give you and your child a tour of the treatment area before the first treatment. (references)

To examine the list of therapies being explored for the muscular dystrophies is tantamount to taking a tour through the most active frontiers of modern medicine, including gene therapy, cell replacement, and innovative approaches to drug development. (references)

Business

The payment methods differ from one tour operator to another. (references)

The basic rules for tour operator sales calls apply (see above). (references)

Most of the tour operators are now selling directly to the public. (references)

Children

Yemen

In 2000 three teenagers with disabilities toured the country on specially adapted bicycles and, supported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and private sector contributions, took their bike tour to several Arab countries. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

In 1999, the Ukrainian Parliament granted VAT exemption for tour operators in Crimea. (references)

India

In December 1996, Chinese President Jiang Zemin visited India on a tour of South Asia. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

Also in August, the Minister of Justice led an inspection tour of courts in several governorates to review the performance of officials, identify problems and take corrective action, if necessary. (references)

Spain

He noted that Senideak, a Basque separatist prison rights organization, which had complained about the torture of convicted terrorists, failed to provide any specific examples, and that during his tour of Basauri Prison on February 6, he did not receive any complaints of mistreatment or torture from prisoners. (references)

Political Economy

AUSTRIA

Travel agencies and tour operators require a proof of qualification and must be listed with the Austrian Ministry of Economics. (references)

Political Rights

Oman

The tour allows the Sultan to listen directly to his subjects' concerns. (references)

Oman

The Sultan makes an annual 3-week tour of the country, accompanied by his ministers. (references)

Trade

Tanzania

The Minister of Finance announced in June 2001 the government's intention to eliminate value added tax (VAT) on computers and accessories; hospital equipment; tour operators; and on capital good investment in education projects or investments. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

Cars can be booked through most major hotels or tour companies. (references)

Ecuador

In 1998, four U.S. citizens drowned when a tour boat capsized within the Galapagos Archipelago. (references)

Russia

Tourists should contact their tour company or hotel in advance for information on visa sponsorship. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Many, if not most, Tibetan tour guides educated abroad reportedly fail this exam. (references)

China

Lhasa tour agencies have been forced to dismiss ethnic Tibetan tour guides educated in India and Nepal. (references)

Bulgaria

Organized crime groups were responsible for human trafficking, although they may use various front companies posing as employment agencies or tour operators. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "tour": air inclusive tour ♦ bulk inclusive tour ♦ circular tour ♦ city tour ♦ concert tour ♦ conducted tour ♦ continental tour ♦ contract bulk inclusive tour ♦ De Tour Village ♦ duty tour ♦ excursion tour ♦ Georges de La Tour ♦ go on tour ♦ grand tour ♦ group inclusive tour ♦ group inclusive tour fare ♦ guided tour ♦ hamiltonian tour ♦ hiking tour ♦ hitchhiking tour ♦ inclusive tour ♦ inclusive tour charter flight ♦ join the tour ♦ La Tour ♦ make a tour ♦ mystery tour ♦ on tour ♦ package tour ♦ sightseeing tour ♦ skiing tour ♦ special group inclusive tour ♦ the tour of the country ♦ tour a country ♦ tour bus ♦ tour de force ♦ tour de France ♦ tour guide ♦ tour of a city ♦ tour of duty ♦ tour of inspection ♦ tour operator ♦ tour organizer ♦ walking tour. Additional references.

Beginning with "tour": tour-around, tour-around cycle, tour-basing fare, tour-day, tour-de-force, tour-expired, tour-gittel-plus-eight, tour-in, tour-ists, tour-nament, tour-opening, tour-operators, tour-style.

Ending with "tour": end-of-tour, mid-tour, mini-tour, package-tour, pre-tour.

Containing "tour": La-tour-du-pin, royal-tour-type.

Albanian

turne, vizitë (sightseeing, visit, visitation), udhëtoj (fare, go, journey, peregrinate, travel, walk), udhëtim (drive, excursion, itineracy, itinerancy, journey, passage, peregrination, ride, round trip, rove, travel, trek, trip, wayfaring), periudhë (bout, chapter, date, day, epoch, hitch, hour, inning, innings, period, phase, run, season, span, stage, streak, stretch, term, tide, time, vintage), ekskursion (excursion, hike, jaunt, outing, ramble, treat, trip). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قدم مسرحية في رحلة, ‏تسوح (parade), ‏تجول (gallivant, get about, knock about, move, peddle, ramble, stroll, swag, wander, wandering), ‏سياحة (peregrination, sightseeing, touring), ‏سفر (departure, exodus, journey, locomotion, pilgrimage, transportation, travel), ‏سافر (barefaced, cover, cruise, fare, fly, go, hike, journey, leave, pack, ride, set off, travel, voyage), ‏زيارة رسمية (the visitation), ‏طاف (afloat, buoyant, circuit, cruise, floating, promenade, range, roam, roll, rove, scour, swag, travel), ‏جولة (circuit, cruise, patrol, ramble, ride, round, run, swing, trek, turn), ‏دور في العمل. (various references)

Basque

ibilaldi (excursion, ramble, travel). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разходка (airing, blow, drive, outing, perambulation, promenade, ramble, stroll, ta-ta, turn, walk), турне (swing), обхождам (perambulate, travel), обиколка (ambit, circuit, girth, leg, round, round trip, roundabout, swing, touring, turn, walk about), обикалям (circle, compass, get about, get round, itinerate, orb, patrol, perambulate, ride, stooge around, stride, travel, trip, walk), на турне съм в, екскурзия (excursion, hike, jaunt, outing), правя обиколка из. (various references)

Chinese 

旅遊 (journey, tourism, travel, trip), 游览 (Excursion, Toured, touring), 周遊 . (various references)

Czech

turné, túra (hike, ramble, trek, walk), zájezd (excursion, journey, pack-tour, trip), výlet (excursion, jaunt, outing, trip), prohlídka (examination, inspection, perusal, rummage, search, visitation), procestovat (travel, traverse), objíždìt po, cesta (alley, byway, career, channel, crossing, drive, itinerary, jaunt, journey, Lane, passage, path, pathway, ride, road, route, track, trail, travel, trip, venture, voyage, walk, way). (various references)

Danish

turnus, tur (trip), ekskursion (excursion). (various references)

Dutch

tournee (theatrical tour), rondreis (theatrical tour). (various references)

Esperanto

turneo (theatrical tour). (various references)

Farsi 

مسافرت (Journey), ماموریت (Agency, Assignment, Duty, Errand, Function, Mission), نوبت (Heat, Inning, Period, Shift, Turquoise), گشت کردن , گشت (Veer), سیاحت کردن (Explore, Rubberneck, Safari), سیاحت (Journey, Tourism), سفر (Expedition, Journey, Junket, Pilgrimage, Progress, Rake, Trade, Trek, Trip, Voyage). (various references)

Finnish

matka (crossing, distance, journey, passage, trip, voyage, way), kierros (circuit, detour, lap, orbit, revolution, round, turn). (various references)

French

tournée (touring), tour (tower). (various references)

German

Tour (climb, drive, excursion, figure, file, hike, journey, line, outing, ploy, rank, Rev, revolution, ride, round, row, trip, turn, voyage, walk), Ausflug (excursion, flight, hike, hive exit, jaunt, outing, run, sightseeing trip, spree, swarming, trip, walk). (various references)

Greek 

περιοδεύω (itinerate, peregrinate), ταξίδι (journey, travel, trek, trip). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתיר (journey), לתור (scan), להסתובב (get about, perambulate, revolve, roll, rotate, slue, swivel, turn, turn around, turn over, turn round), לסיר (reconnoitre, scout, spy, visit), תיור (sightseeing, touring), טיול (excursion, outing, sightseeing, trip), סיור (excursion, expedition, round, sightseeing, visit), סבוב (bend, circle, circuit, spin, surrounding, turn). (various references)

Hungarian

utazás (coaching, journey, passage, peregrination, touring, travel, travelling, trek, trip), turné. (various references)

Indonesian

perjalanan (journey, peregnation, travel, trip, voyage), menjelajahi (explore, rove, traverse), menjajah (colonize, takeo ver (a country), traverse), jelajah (traverse). (various references)

Italian

giro (circle, circuit, coil, drive, girth, gyre, I endorse, lap, ramble, revolution, ride, rotation, round, run, screw, slew, slue, spin, stroll, trip, turn, turning, walk), escursione (excursion, hike, jaunt, outing, ramble, range, treat, trip). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

巡回 (going around, patrol, round). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ツアー , しゅうゆう (excursion ticket, round trip), まんゆう (pleasure trip), かんこうりょこう, あんぎゃ (pilgrimage, walking tour), ゆうれき, じゅんかい (going around, patrol, round), じゅんれき (itinerancy, trip), えんせい (away series, campaign, complaint, expedition, leaden, made of lead, malleability, murmur, pessimism, weariness with life). (various references)

Korean 

투어. (various references)

Manx

turrys (crossing, crossing of sea, excursion, expedition, itinerary, jaunt, journey, outing, passage, progress, run, transit, transit of planet, trip, walk, walk of postman), chyrrys (errand). (various references)

Occitan

escorreguda (excursion, ramble). (various references)

Pig Latin

ourtay.(various references)

Portuguese

excursão (excursion, flight, jaunt, outing, run, sally, sightseeing trip, trip, tripping, wander). (various references)

Romanian

turneu (itineracy, itinerancy, itineration, round), tur (stroll, turn, walk), timp petrecut în gard, voiaj (journey, passage, travel, trip, voyage), plimbare cognitivã, ocol (bounds, compass, courtyard, detour, enclosure, grounds, round, roundabout, surrounding, surroundings, turn, wheel), excursie (camping, digression, dissertation, excursion, jaunt, outing, run, sightseeing trip, trip), cãlãtorie scurtã, cãlãtorie (drive, excursion, journey, passage, perambulation, ride, riding, run, sail, travel, trip, voyage). (various references)

Russian 

турне, тур (aurochs, bout, gabion), круг (circle, compass, cycle, disc, disk, gyre, lunge, period, ring, rondure), гастрольный (touring), гастролировать (barnstorm, go on tour), путешествовать путешествие (trave), путешествие (day trip, journey, peregrination, travel, trip, voyage). (various references)

Scottish

cuairt (circuit, eddy, trip, whirl). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

turneja, tura (itinerary, trip), smena (change, changing, relief, replacement, shift), putovati (itinerate, journey, peregrinate, travel, traverse), putovanje (going, itineracy, itinerancy, itineration, journey, peregrination, travel, traveling, trip, voyage, wayfaring), put (drive, flesh, onto, passage, path, road, time, to, towards, trip, way), obilazak (round, touring, visit), biti na turneji. (various references)

Spanish

gira (circuit, circular tour), excursión (cruise, excursion, hike, jaunt, junket, outing, picnic, raid, run, sightseeing trip, spree, trek, trip). (various references)

Swedish

tur (drive, excursion, figure, fluke, hap, luck, outing, ride, round, stroll, there, trip, turn, walk), turnera (put, turn), resa (crest, go, go away, go to, journey, leave, passage, peregrination, raise, rear, ride, set up, travel, trip, voyage). (various references)

Turkish

turneye çıkmak (circuit, go on tour, play), turne, tur yapmak (lap, make a tour), tur (circuit, lap, round, rounder, touring), nöbet (attack, bout, guard duty, ictus, invasion, paroxysm, police, post, sentry, sentry go, spell, turn, turn of duty, turn of work, watch), gezmek (browse around, get about, go about, hike, itinerate, jaunt, knock about, knock around, perambulate, peregrinate, promenade, range, rove, travel, visit, walk, wander, wander in), gezi (excursion, journey, locomotion, outing, promenade, sightseeing, travel, trip). (various references)

Turkmen 

gastrol (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

робити об'їзд, тур (bout), здійснювати театральне турне, прогулянка (airing, outleap, promenade, ramble, ride, round, saunter, stroll), подорожувати (cruise, go, journey), подорож (journey, locomotion, travel, travelling, trek, trip, voyage). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cuộc đi du lịch cuộc đi chơi, cuộc đi dạo cuộc kinh lý, cuộc đi (expedition). (various references)

perambula, perambulabam, perambulabat, perambulando, perambulans, perambulant, perambulante, perambulantium, perambularent, perambulassent, perambulasset, perambulat, perambulate, perambulaturum, perambulaverunt, perambulavi, perambulavimus, perambulavit, tornare. (various references)

tour, tourn. (various references)

force. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "tour": touraco, touracos, tourbillion, tourbillions, tourbillon, tourbillons, toured, tourer, tourers, touring, tourings, tourism, tourisms, tourist, touristic, touristically, tourists, touristy, tourmaline, tourmalines, tournament, tournaments, tournedos, tourney, tourneyed, tourneying, tourneys, tourniquet, tourniquets, tours. (additional references)

Words ending with "tour": contour, detour, faitour, recontour, santour, stour. (additional references)

Words containing "tour": bistouries, bistoury, contoured, contouring, contours, detoured, detouring, detours, ecotourism, ecotourisms, ecotourist, ecotourists, entourage, entourages, faitours, genitourinary, pretournament, pretournaments, recontoured, recontouring, recontours, santours, stoure, stoures, stourie, stours, stoury. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Tour" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: otor, shour, taui, taure, taurt, tauv, tauz, tdor, temur, teor, teru, teur, thoar, thur, Tiju, tior, tiur, tju, toar, toare, Tocra, toer, tofur, toir, Toira, toire, toiuer, toiur, toku-ru, tolu, Tomur, Toor, toord, Topr, tor, torea, torel, torem, torex, torq, toru, torun, torx, tou, toub, Toubro, touc, toud, toug, touk, toul, toum, toun, toup, toure, tourm, touro, tourt, touw, touy, touz, toyr, trour, trur, tuar, tucuri, tuer, tuoe, tuoh, tuon, Tuor, turo, turq, turr, turu, Tvor, twou, Tzur, zour. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: rout.

-1 letter: ort, our, out, rot, rut, tor.

-2 letters: or, to, ut.

+1 letter: court, grout, outer, outre, roust, route, routh, routs, stour, torus, tours, trout, tumor, turbo, tutor.

+2 letters: author, brulot, burbot, burton, courts, couter, detour, drouth, fourth, grouts, grouty, ouster, outcry, outers, outran, outrow, outrun, outwar, pouter, prutot, quarto, quoter, ragout, redout, robust, roquet, rotgut, rotund, roupet, rousts, routed, router, routes, rouths, rubato, rubout, runout, souter, sprout, stoure, stours, stoury, stroud, stupor, suitor, tabour, tenour, torous, torque, torula, toured, tourer, touter, trough, troupe, trouts, trouty, tryout, tumors, tumour, turaco, turbos, turbot, turgor, turnon, tussor, tutors, unroot, untorn, untrod, uproot, uptore, uptorn, yogurt.