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    Tour

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area 2 | noun | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) 3 | noun | a period of time spent in military service 4 | verb | make a tour of a certain place

    Pronunciation

    t'oor (IPA: tˈʊr)

    Hyphenation

    tour (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

    First known use in English

    1320 (High Middle ages) (706 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | Latin | French

    Overall typical frequency

    written: 1683rd most common (1 in 16129 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

    spoken: 2987th most common (1 in 76923 words)

    (includes some inflected forms)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    tours | toured | touring

    Synonyms

    circuit | spell | turn | duty tour | enlistment | hitch | term of enlistment | tour of duty (total: 8)

    Narrower terms

    grand tour | itineration | package holiday | package tour | pub crawl | walkabout | whistle-stop tour | see | take the road | visit (total: 10)

    Broader terms

    journey | journeying | duty period | shift | work shift | period | period of time | time period | travel (total: 9)

    Rhymes

    allure | assure | bonjour | boor | brochure | couture | cure | demure | detour | endure | ensure | immature | impure | insure | inure | ... (total: 30) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Homophone

    tore

    Lexically close words

    dour | four | hour | lour | pour | sour | tout | your (total: 8)

    Anagram

    rout

    Phrases

    duty tour | on tour | tour de force | tour guide | tour of duty (total: 5)

    Other notable uses

    Tour (US population: 130 people, white: 61%)

    la Tour-du-Pin (Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

    La Tour (France, 1320 people) | La Tour (France, 539 people) | La Tour (Missouri, 65 people) | Cauchy-à-la-Tour (France, 2702 people) | Cercy-la-Tour (France, 1685 people) | ... (total: 44)

    Tour Ronde (France | Italy, 12461 ft) | Aiguille du Tour (France | Switzerland, 11614 ft)

    Magical Mystery Tour | Kook's Tour | Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert | Elvis on Tour | Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne | ... (total: 9)

    tour.com | tour.net | tour.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Band's plan | Band's schedule | Beatles' "Magical Mystery___" | Big concert news | Big music news | Docent's offering | Duty for a docent | Excursion | Get the show on the road | Gig after gig | Go by bus, perhaps | Go from gig to gig | Guided excursion | ... (total: 37) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    4 (International English) | 4 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

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