n.

1. A trip with visits to various places of interest for business, pleasure, or instruction.
2. A group organized for such a trip or for a shorter sightseeing excursion.
3. A brief trip to or through a place for the purpose of seeing it: a tour of the house.
4. A journey to fulfill a round of engagements in several places: a pianist on a concert tour.
5. A shift, as in a factory.
6. A period of duty at a single place or job.
7. Sports. A series of professional tournaments, as in golf.

v., toured, tour·ing, tours.

v.intr.

1. To travel from place to place, especially for pleasure.
2. To travel among various places while fulfilling engagements.

v.tr.

1. To make a tour of: toured Europe last summer; officials touring the scene of the disaster.
2. To present (a play, for example) on a tour.

[Middle English, a turn, from Old French (influenced by tourner, to turn about), from Latin tornus, lathe. See turn.]

tourer tour'er n.

noun

1. A course, process, or journey that ends where it began or repeats itself: circle, circuit, cycle, orbit, round, turn. See repetition.
2. A journey undertaken with a specific objective: expedition, pilgrimage, safari, trek, voyage. See move/halt.
3. A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity: bout, go, hitch, inning (often used in plural), shift, spell³, stint, stretch, time, trick, turn, watch. See time.
4. A term of service, as in the military or in prison: hitch, stretch, time. See time.

n. also tour of duty a period of duty on military or diplomatic service: he was haunted by his tour of duty in Vietnam.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area.

If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. — Dr. Joyce Brothers

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rundrejse, rejse, tur
v. intr. - berejse, ture rundt i
v. tr. - rejse, ture rundt

idioms:

• tour de force    kraftpræstation
• tour operator    rejsearrangør

Nederlands (Dutch)
rondreis, trip, rondrit, tournee, (rond)reizen, op tournee gaan

Français (French)
n. - circuit, tour, visite, excursion, randonnée, (Mus, Théât, Sport, Univ) tournée
v. intr. - faire du tourisme, (Mus, Sport, Théât) être en tournée, partir en tournée
v. tr. - visiter, (Mus, Sport) être en tournée en, (Théât) faire tourner, tourner en

idioms:

• tour de force    tour de force
• tour operator    tour opérateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Reise, Rundfahrt, Rundgang, Tournee, (turnusmäßige) Dienstzeit
v. - reisen, eine Tour machen, auf Tournee gehen

idioms:

• tour de force    Glanzleistung
• tour operator    Reiseveranstalter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περιήγηση, περιοδεία, ταξίδι, θεατρική τουρνέ
v. - περιοδεύω, περιηγούμαι, γυρίζω, (για θεατρικό έργο) παρουσιάζω σε περιοδεία

idioms:

• tour de force    άθλος, κατόρθωμα
• tour operator    ταξιδιωτικός πράκτορας που ειδικεύεται στη διοργάνωση ομαδικών ταξιδιών/εκδρομών

Italiano (Italian)
viaggiare, viaggio, crociera, tournèe

idioms:

• tour de force    tour de force
• tour operator    agente turistico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - circuito (m), excursão (f), viagem de recreio (f), turno (m)
v. - percorrer, viajar, excursionar

idioms:

• tour de force    esforço redobrado, grande virada
• tour operator    guia turístico

Русский (Russian)
путешествовать, совершать прогулку, совершать тур, объезжать, гастролировать, путешествие, прогулка, объезд, гастроль, осмотр

idioms:

• tour de force    проявление силы, ловкости, изобретательности
• tour operator    экскурсовод

Español (Spanish)
n. - viaje, gira, visita, excursión, circuito, recorrido, turno
v. intr. - viajar por, dar la vuelta, hacer un viaje de turismo, viajar por placer
v. tr. - recorrer

idioms:

• tour de force    hazaña, proeza
• tour operator    operador turístico, agente de viajes

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (rund)resa, (rund)tur, färd, rundvandring, tjänstgöringsperiod, arbetspass, skift
v. - resa runt, turista, göra en (rund)tur i

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
旅行, 旅游, 游历, 巡回, 周游, 观光

idioms:

• tour de force    绝技
• tour operator    旅行社

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 旅行, 旅遊, 遊歷
v. intr. - 旅行, 巡迴, 周遊
v. tr. - 周遊, 遊歷, 觀光

idioms:

• tour de force    絕技
• tour operator    旅行社

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여행, 순회 공연, 근무 기간
v. intr. - 여행하다, 주유하다
v. tr. - 여행하다, 유람하다, 견학하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 旅行, 小旅行, 見学, 勤務期間, 巡業, 遠征旅行
v. - 旅行する, 巡業する

idioms:

• conducted tour    添乗員付き旅行
• tour de force    みごとな技量, 離れ業
• tour operator    ツアーオペレーター

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رحله أو نوبه في ألعمل (فعل) يجول أو يطوف في, يقوم برحله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תיור, סיור, טיול, סיבוב-הופעות, שירות בחו"ל‬
v. intr. - ‮טייל, תייר‬
v. tr. - ‮ערך טיול (במדינה), סייר‬

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