tour

Meanings

Noun

• A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
• A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
• A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
• A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
• A street and road race, frequently multiday.
• A set of competitions which make up a championship.
• A tour of duty.
• A closed trail.
• A going round; a circuit.
• A turn; a revolution.
• A circuit of snooker tournaments
• A tower.

Verb

• To make a journey
• To make a circuit of a place
• To toot a horn.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• Grand Tour
• tour d'horizon
• tour de force
• whirlwind tour

Origin

• From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
• Old French tor, French tour ("tower")
• See toot.