Definitions for tour
tʊərtour

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. tour, circuitnoun

   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. go, spell, tour, turnnoun

   a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

   "it's my go"; "a spell of work"

3. enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tourverb

   a period of time spent in military service

4. tourverb

   make a tour of a certain place

   "We toured the Provence this summer"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Tournoun

   The Tour de France

2. Etymology: tor, tour

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TOURnoun

   Etymology: tour, French.

   1. Ramble; roving journey.

   I made the tour of all the king’s palaces. Addison.

   Were it permitted, he’d make the tour of the whole system of the sun. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scrib.

   2. Turn; revolution. In both these senses it is rather French than English.

   First Ptolemy his scheme cœlestial wrought,
   And of machines a wild provision brought;
   Orbs centrick and eccentrick he prepares,
   Cycles and epicycles, solid spheres
   In order plac’d, and with bright globes inlaid,
   To solve the tours by heavenly bodies made. Richard Blackmore.

   3. In John Milton it is probably tow’r; soar; elevation.

   The bird of Jove stoop’d from his airy tour,
   Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. John Milton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tour

   A tour is a journey or trip taken for pleasure, often visiting a number of places and typically as part of a planned itinerary or schedule. This could involve travel for sightseeing, adventure, education, or other recreational purposes. It can also refer to a series of events or performances scheduled in various places, like a concert tour by a musician or band, or a sports team playing in different cities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tournoun

   a tower

2. Tourverb

   a going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England

3. Tourverb

   a turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies

4. Tourverb

   anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty

5. Tourverb

   to make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Tour

   tōōr, n. a going round: a journey in a circuit: a prolonged journey: a ramble.—n. Tour′ist, one who makes a tour, a traveller for sight-seeing.—adj. Touris′tic. [Fr.,—L. tornus, a turn.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tour

   That which is done by succession. Tour of duty, turn to go on duty.

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TOUR

   What does TOUR stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TOUR acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TOUR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tour is ranked #133048 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tour surname appeared 127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tour.
   
   61.4% or 78 total occurrences were White.
   15.7% or 20 total occurrences were Black.
   11% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   7.8% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Journey
   • Travel

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tour' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1776

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tour' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3837

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tour' in Nouns Frequency: #695

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tour' in Verbs Frequency: #912

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Anagrams for tour »

1. rout

2. toru

How to pronounce tour?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say tour in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tour in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of tour in a Sentence

1. Thomas Bach:

   The athletes...will have to accept the Olympic standards during the next year prior to the Games and of course during the Games the first five will be tested on top of the random-testing and the targeted-testing during the Olympic period, i can only encourage the PGA Tour to follow and finally accept the WADA code and to be compliant with this so you have a harmonized anti-doping regime there for all the golf players and you have a ... level playing field for all golfers.

2. Frenchman Mouratoglou:

   I disagree with the fact that the player could say to the coach he should leave because he did the coaching, he provoked a coaching violation, because the player asked the coach to coach them at every match. I'm on tour for 20 years, and we all know that. They all do it because also the players want them to help, you know.

3. Pat Houston:

   She adored her audiences and that's why we know she would have loved this holographic theatrical concept, an event at this level is something special and Base Hologram's track record to be fully authentic and respectful made them the perfect partner. This upcoming tour will allow audiences to experience Whitney's amazing voice and passion for music for a long time to come and help them share that magic with future generations.

4. European Tour supremo Keith Pelley:

   On European Tour they are playing for $ 6.5 to $ 7.5 million every week and for our young players that is a great opportunity to make significant dollars, so if we can combine the fact of playing on some great golf courses with increased prize funds, and give our golfers great experiences, I'm confident our players will want to play here.

5. Chris Froome:

   I think that the beautiful thing about the Tour de France is that it's not specifically about one stage, I think it's going to take a complete cyclist, but the stage that certainly stands out for me is the stage to Mont Ventoux, i know how difficult this climb is and how much time can be won or lost on that climb.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tour
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tour
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tour
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tour
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=tour