tour
verb/tʊə(r)/, /tɔː(r)/
/tʊr/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tour | /tʊə(r)/, /tɔː(r)/ /tʊr/ |
| he / she / it tours | /tʊəz/, /tɔːz/ /tʊrz/ |
| past simple toured | /tʊəd/, /tɔːd/ /tʊrd/ |
| past participle toured | /tʊəd/, /tɔːd/ /tʊrd/ |
| -ing form touring | /ˈtʊərɪŋ/, /ˈtɔːrɪŋ/ /ˈtʊrɪŋ/ |
- to travel around a place, for example on holiday, or to perform, to advertise something, etc.
- tour something He toured America with his one-man show.
- She toured the country promoting her book.
- (+ adv./prep.) We spent four weeks touring around Europe.
- He's toured across Europe, the UK and North America.
- She is currently touring with her new band.
- He no longer tours.
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicb1, Holidaysb1- The band toured the UK last year.
- The town makes an ideal base for touring the Highlands.
- I was on my own as I toured round.
- We plan to tour all over the country.
- She has toured extensively in the US.
- The Beatles stopped touring years before.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- extensively
- widely
- internationally
- …
- plan to
- all over
- in
- with
- …
Word OriginMiddle 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.
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