tour
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4.1
- noun
- /tʊr/
- Jargon
:
período de servicio
- When they had finished their tour, the captain brought them back to Johanna.
- tour of duty
You know, I got blown up on that tour or twice.
- You know, I got blown up on that tour or twice.
- We had gotten a a three-year tour in Hawaii.
- Did my LPO tour and went to SALCOM.
- So actually on that tour, it was safest ever Iraq tour.
- Yeah, I was blown up on that tour and I, I got back to the vehicle park.
- So one group would do half the combat tour and then the other group they would rotate.
- Levitzer is coming up to his end of service and his end of tour in the summer.
- I show up to work, I take that tour and you wouldn't you know it, I didn't sell again.
- That's your third, third tour where you really start to obsess over the details.
Examples
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Late last summer, he returned from his second tour in Afghanistan.
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Levitzer is coming up to his end of service and his end of tour in the summer.
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When I was in the Navy, when I was in the SEAL Teams, my last tour was in Iraq.
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In May of 1959, he was sent on a five-week tour by USIA.
Academic text (2015) -
Downs left Vietnam before his one-year tour ended due to serious wounds inflicted by a land mine.
Academic text (2001) -
Proctor lectured in Indianapolis in 1873 while on a lecture tour of the United States.
Academic text (2000) -
Late last summer, he returned from his second tour in Afghanistan.
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Major McLaurin was blown up on the first day of his tour by an improvised explosive device.
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After graduating in 2007, he served four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Synonyms
109
2.7
A short period of time when something happens, like bad weather
77
5.0
A short fixed time spent doing a job
22
6.0
A set time when a person in the military works in one place
3
6.8
A time spent serving in the military
2
2.3
A period of time when you are scheduled to work, for example morning or night
A period of time a person spends working at an army post
A set time when a person must work and be available
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Idioms
Compounds
2
7.1
A series of short visits to small towns by a politician during an election campaign
- Archaic
1
9.3
A long trip through Europe to learn about art and culture, popular in the 1700s
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tour used for a period of duty comes from the same root tornare 'to turn', meaning a person's 'turn' to serve. That's why a soldier's tour is the time they spend on duty or away from home.