tour
♦♦ tour /t'ʊər/ (tours touring toured)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A tour is an organized trip that people such as musicians, politicians, or theatre companies go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform.
The band are currently on a two-month tour of Europe...
...a presidential campaign tour in Illinois.
[PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
When people are travelling on a tour, you can say that they are on tour.
The band will be going on tour...
2 [VERB] V n, V
When people such as musicians, politicians, or theatre companies tour, they go on a tour, for example in order to perform or to meet people.
A few years ago they toured the country in a roadshow...
He toured for nearly two years and played 500 sell-out shows...
3 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A tour is a journey during which you visit several places that interest you.
It was week five of my tour of the major cities of Europe.
4 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A tour is a short trip that you make round a place, for example round a historical building, so that you can look at it.
...a guided tour of a ruined Scottish castle.
5 [VERB] V n
If you tour a place, you go on a journey or trip round it.
You can also tour the site on modern coaches equipped with videos...con|duct|ed tour (conducted tours)
[N-COUNT]
A conducted tour is a visit to a building, town, or area during which someone goes with you and explains everything to you.
= guided tourguid|ed tour (guided tours)
[N-COUNT] oft N of n
If someone takes you on a guided tour of a place, they show you the place and tell you about it.tour de force /t'ʊər də f'ɔːrs/ (tours de force)
also tour-de-force
[N-COUNT] usu sing
If you call something such as a performance, speech, or production a tour de force, you are emphasizing that it is extremely good or extremely well done or made.
Stevenson's deeply felt performance is a tour-de-force...tour op|era|tor (tour operators)
[N-COUNT]
A tour operator is a company that provides holidays in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you.tour rep (tour reps)
[N-COUNT]
A tour rep is the same as a holiday rep. (BRIT)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A tour is an organized trip that people such as musicians, politicians, or theatre companies go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform.
The band are currently on a two-month tour of Europe...
...a presidential campaign tour in Illinois.
[PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
When people are travelling on a tour, you can say that they are on tour.
The band will be going on tour...
2 [VERB] V n, V
When people such as musicians, politicians, or theatre companies tour, they go on a tour, for example in order to perform or to meet people.
A few years ago they toured the country in a roadshow...
He toured for nearly two years and played 500 sell-out shows...
3 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A tour is a journey during which you visit several places that interest you.
It was week five of my tour of the major cities of Europe.
4 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A tour is a short trip that you make round a place, for example round a historical building, so that you can look at it.
...a guided tour of a ruined Scottish castle.
5 [VERB] V n
If you tour a place, you go on a journey or trip round it.
You can also tour the site on modern coaches equipped with videos...con|duct|ed tour (conducted tours)
[N-COUNT]
A conducted tour is a visit to a building, town, or area during which someone goes with you and explains everything to you.
= guided tourguid|ed tour (guided tours)
[N-COUNT] oft N of n
If someone takes you on a guided tour of a place, they show you the place and tell you about it.tour de force /t'ʊər də f'ɔːrs/ (tours de force)
also tour-de-force
[N-COUNT] usu sing
If you call something such as a performance, speech, or production a tour de force, you are emphasizing that it is extremely good or extremely well done or made.
Stevenson's deeply felt performance is a tour-de-force...tour op|era|tor (tour operators)
[N-COUNT]
A tour operator is a company that provides holidays in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you.tour rep (tour reps)
[N-COUNT]
A tour rep is the same as a holiday rep. (BRIT)