detour

n.

1. A roundabout way or course, especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route.
2. A deviation from a direct course of action.

intr. & tr.v., -toured, -tour·ing, -tours.
To go or cause to go by a roundabout way.

[French détour, from Old French destor, from destorner, to turn away : des-, de- + torner, to turn; see turn.]

verb

To pass around but not through: bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, go around, skirt. See seek/avoid.

IN BRIEF: A turning aside from the direct or regular route.

The detour off the main highway made them 20 minutes late for the party.

Tutor's tip: The long "detour" (a roundabout course) would not "deter" (persuade one not to do) the driver from delivering the "detur" (a present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student) to the winning student.

The meaning of a detour in a dream is fairly straightforward. It indicates either that we have encountered an obstacle in some area of life or that we have decided not to confront something directly, and must therefore try to find a way around.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - omvej, omkørsel
v. tr. - omdirigere
v. intr. - køre en omvej, tage en afstikker

Nederlands (Dutch)
omweg, omleiding, omrijden, omleiden

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) détour, déviation (de la circulation)
v. tr. - (US) dévier (la circulation)
v. intr. - faire un détour

Deutsch (German)
n. - Umweg, Umleitung
v. - einen Umweg machen, umleiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρακαμπτήριος (δρόμος), λοξοδρόμηση, περιστροφή, ελιγμός, απόκλιση, γύρος, παράκαμψη
v. - λοξοδρομώ

Italiano (Italian)
deviazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desvio (m), rodeio (m)
v. - desviar(-se)

Русский (Russian)
объезд, окружной путь

Español (Spanish)
n. - rodeo, desviación, desvío
v. tr. - rodear, desviar
v. intr. - rodear, desviar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - omväg, trafik. förbifart
v. - göra en avstickare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
绕路, 便道, 使绕道, 绕路而行

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 繞路, 便道
v. tr. - 使繞道
v. intr. - 繞路而行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 우회도로
v. tr. - 돌아서 가게 하다
v. intr. - 돌아서 가다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 遠回り, 迂回, 回り道
v. - 回り道をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تحويله, طريق طويله أو ملتويه عادة تستخدم مؤقتا بدلا من الطريق الرئيسي بسبب مشكله ما (فعل) يلتف أو ينعطف حول شئ, يتجنب ( العقبات) بسلوك طريقا جانبيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עקיפה, מעקף‬
v. tr. - ‮עקף‬
v. intr. - ‮נסע במעקף‬

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