tour
1. a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area (Freq. 3)
- they took an extended tour of Europe
- we took a quick circuit of the park
- a ten-day coach circuit of the island
• Syn:
circuit
• Derivationally related forms:
circuit (for: circuit), tourist
• Hypernyms:
journey, journeying
• Hyponyms:
walkabout, grand tour, itineration, package tour, package holiday,
pub crawl, whistle-stop tour
2. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) (Freq. 1)
- it's my go
- a spell of work
• Syn:
go, spell, turn
• Derivationally related forms:
go (for: go)
• Hypernyms:
shift, work shift, duty period
3. a period of time spent in military service
• Syn:
enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour
• Derivationally related forms:
enlist (for: enlistment)
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
make a tour of a certain place (Freq. 3)
- We toured the Provence this summer
• Derivationally related forms:
tourist, tourer
• Hypernyms:
travel, journey
• Hyponyms:
take the road, visit, see
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
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