Tour Made Visit Embarked Extra Examples Group Official

• a walking/sightseeing/bus tour
• a coach tour of northern france
• they embarked on a tour around the country.
• a tour operator (= a person or company that organizes tours)

tour

1. a journey made for pleasure during which several different towns, countries, etc. are visited
• SEE ALSO grand tour
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• a walking/sightseeing/bus tour
• a coach tour of northern France
• They embarked on a tour around the country.
• a tour operator (= a person or company that organizes tours)

Extra Examples

• We met a group of Italians on a tour in Peru.
• They made a whistle-stop tour of the five major towns.
• This summer we went on a walking tour around Provence.
• We're going on a tour of Bavaria.
• You can join an organized tour or you can visit independently.
• I'd like to do a tour of Belgium on foot.
2. an act of walking around a town, building, etc. in order to visit it
• We were given a guided tour (= by somebody who knows about the place) of the palace.
• a virtual tour (= shown on a computer) of the Taj Mahal
• a tour of inspection (= an official visit of a factory, classroom, etc. made by somebody whose job is to check that everything is working as expected)
• a tour guide
• Our host gave us a quick tour of the house.

Extra Examples

• Come on, I'll give you the grand tour of the backyard.
• I made a lightning tour of the office to say goodbye.
• She takes tourists on ghost tours of Edinburgh.
• The next tour will begin at four o'clock.
• Garden tours are offered throughout the summer.
• After a whirlwind tour of the temples, it was time to find a hotel.
3. an official series of visits made to different places by a sports team, an orchestra, an important person, etc.
• The band is currently on a nine-day tour of France.
• The band is on tour in France.
• a concert tour
• a world/European/UK tour
• a tour bus
• The prince will visit Boston on the last leg (= part) of his American tour.
• a book/lecture/speaking tour
• Are you doing a tour for this new book?
• The group will shortly go on a ten-city European tour.
• We are going back to Prague as part of a small tour.

Extra Examples

• The president embarked on a whirlwind tour of the provinces.
• Simon and Garfunkel's 2003 reunion tour
• The band is just back from a sell-out Asian tour.
• The group will shortly go on a ten-city European tour.
• a promotional tour for her new book
• the couple's first official overseas tour
• Dolly Parton's tour bus
• He wasn't selected for England's tour party to Australia.
• Phone for details of the band's tour dates.
• The team's tour manager called a press conference.
4. a period of time when somebody is serving in the military or as a diplomat in a particular place
• He served tours all over the world during his 35-year career.

Word Origin

• Middle English (originally referring to a tour of duty; also denoting a circular movement): from Old French, ‘turn’, via Latin from Greek tornos ‘lathe’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th cent.