to tour
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1.9
- verb
- /tʊr/
- In 1948, he fired his remaining sidemen and began touring with a small group.
- tour the country
- tour the United States
- tour museums
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Examples
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Writing songs together, touring together.
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Pasquel also traveled to the United States, touring baseball cities for eight months during 1944.
Academic text (1994) -
This piece, they were touring in Europe in April.
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So yeah, we're going to tour Lisbon right now.
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In Ms. Brown's class, students are expected to complete college applications and tour the local college campus.
Academic text (2015) -
After four whole hours of food touring around deli, we're at our last stop.
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Word is, they're putting together a troupe and will be touring seven different cities before the year ends.
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The mayor, accompanied by TV news cameras, grimly tours the scene of last night's rampage.
Fiction book (1992) -
After graduation, I studied saxophone in college and toured with a saxophone quartet.
Academic text (2015) -
We plan to tour the historic sites of Rome next summer.
Synonyms
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1.0
To go to see a person or place, usually for a short time
∞
1.0
To go from one place to another, often for work or pleasure
686
1.0
To visit a place or event to look at its sights
396
1.0
To go to another place for work or pleasure
88
2.6
To visit many countries and see different cultures
45
2.6
To travel from one place to another over a long distance
12
2.6
To take someone in a vehicle to show them interesting places
9
3.1
To visit famous or interesting places when you travel
7
1.0
To travel somewhere for pleasure
5
5.1
To travel around the world to see new places for fun
3
6.1
To travel to many countries for fun and adventure
2
5.1
To go on a short trip for fun
1
8.7
To travel from place to place as part of your work
Idioms
Compounds
2
7.1
A series of short visits to small towns by a politician during an election campaign
- Archaic
2
9.3
A long trip through Europe to learn about art and culture, popular in the 1700s
How Far
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8.3
61
1.9
81
2.1
∞
1.0
- Informal
197
2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb tour comes from Latin tornare 'to turn' and the simple idea of a turn, so to tour is to travel around different places. That is why bands or travellers 'tour' cities, moving from place to place.