[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)


Phrases:

Origin:
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)


Phrases:

Origin:
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