Word a Day
tour
What does tour mean?
tour (noun): a journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use tour in a sentence?
- On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce tour?
/tʊɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does tour come from?
From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of tour?
Words related to tour
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “tour”?
Tap an answer to check it. The same questions the app asks.
What does “tour” mean?
a journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc
Right! That's what “tour” means.
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Not quite: that's what source means.
a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
Not quite: that's what dream means.
a person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man
Not quite: that's what chairman means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “tour”?
control
Not quite: control means something else.
company
Not quite: company means something else.
circuit
Right!
problem
Not quite: problem means something else.
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