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[tʊə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited
(e.g: a motoring tour of Scotland)
- a journey made by performers or a sports team, in which they perform or play in several different places
(e.g: Ireland's eight-match tour of New Zealand)
- a spell of duty on military or diplomatic service
(e.g: a tour of duty in Northern Ireland)
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Origin
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Middle English (in tour; also denoting a circular movement): from Old French, ‘turn’, via Latin from Greek tornos ‘lathe’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th century
[tʊə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make a tour of (an area)
(e.g: he decided to tour France)
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Origin
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Middle English (in tour; also denoting a circular movement): from Old French, ‘turn’, via Latin from Greek tornos ‘lathe’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th century
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