virtual tour
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈvɜrʧuəl tʊr/
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visita virtual
- Yeah, I just went on a virtual tour of Detroit Public Television.
- the website offers a virtual tour
- virtual tour or museum exhibit
- students to access virtual tours
And so they're out there doing the virtual tours, the professional photos and featured video listings, the podcast, editing everything.
- And so they're out there doing the virtual tours, the professional photos and featured video listings, the podcast, editing everything.
- And then ten days later, the head of publicity offered Business Week a virtual tour, a virtual tour led by a head of the HR team.
- There's no official, they'll send you like a virtual tour and stuff like that.
Examples
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Then the next thing we did was introduce a virtual tour using an iPad.
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A wealth of online sources allows teachers and students to access virtual tours and information related to public and cultural institutions such as museums, zoos, and aquariums.
Academic text (2001) -
'Holy Cross, South High pair up to create a virtual tour for Worcester Art Museum.'
Blog text (9) -
But having taken a virtual tour of it this morning, we're optimistic.
Blog text (7) -
Following the virtual tour, the students got to see our 3D printer in action.
Academic text (2015) -
You're invited to take a virtual tour of the White House.
Blog text (3) -
Nikki Logan offers a virtual tour of her home office in this YouTube video.
Blog text (27) -
The Plymouth Plantation of Massachusetts offers an online virtual tour so students around the world can learn about this early northeastern settlement.
Academic text (2001) -
The first part is the creation of a digital museum that will provide an immersive virtual tour of Umm el-Jimal that includes 360-degree panoramic photos, audio, video, and still imagery.
Academic text (2010) -
Take a virtual tour of the White House with this new app.
Synonyms
217
3.5
An online guided view of a place that you can explore
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3.9
A guided tour of a place to check its condition
How Immersive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an online or digital simulation of a physical place' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'virtual' (simulated, computer-generated) + 'tour' (a visit), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer a simulated/online visit. This adjective+noun pattern is regular and found across many languages, making the MWE immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Virtual tour puts together virtual (meaning 'not there in person') and tour (a guided visit around a place). One popular idea is that cameras and computers let people take a 'tour' of a museum or house 'virtually' on a screen, so today the phrase means a guided visit you can take from home.