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Definition of detour verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

detour

verb
 
/ˈdiːtʊə(r)/,
 
/ˈdiːtɔː(r)/
 
/ˈdiːtʊr/
[intransitive, transitive] (especially North American English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they detour
 
/ˈdiːtʊə(r)/,
 
/ˈdiːtɔː(r)/
 
/ˈdiːtʊr/
he / she / it detours
 
/ˈdiːtʊəz/,
 
/ˈdiːtɔːz/
 
/ˈdiːtʊrz/
past simple detoured
 
/ˈdiːtʊəd/,
 
/ˈdiːtɔːd/
 
/ˈdiːtʊrd/
past participle detoured
 
/ˈdiːtʊəd/,
 
/ˈdiːtɔːd/
 
/ˈdiːtʊrd/
-ing form detouring
 
/ˈdiːtʊərɪŋ/,
 
/ˈdiːtɔːrɪŋ/
 
/ˈdiːtʊrɪŋ/
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  1. to take a longer route in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place; to make somebody/something take a longer route
    • detour + adv./prep. The President detoured to Chicago for a special meeting.
    • detour something I would detour the endless stream of motor homes.
    • detour somebody/something + adv./prep. State troopers were detouring southbound trucks off Route 1 onto Route 16.
    Word Originmid 18th cent. (as a noun): from French détour ‘change of direction’, from détourner ‘turn away’.
See detour in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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