tour (tours plural & 3rd person present) (touring present participle) (toured past tense & past participle )
1 n-count A tour is an organized trip that people such as musicians, politicians, or theatre companies go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform.
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The band are currently on a two-month tour of Europe..., ...a presidential campaign tour in Illinois. When people are travelling on a tour, you can say that they are on tour.
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on tour phrase PHR after v, v-link PHR
The band will be going on tour...
2 verb When people such as musicians, politicians, or theatre companies tour, they go on a tour, for example in order to perform or to meet people.
A few years ago they toured the country in a roadshow... V n
He toured for nearly two years and played 500 sell-out shows... V
3 n-count A tour is a journey during which you visit several places that interest you.
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It was week five of my tour of the major cities of Europe.
4 n-count A tour is a short trip that you make round a place, for example round a historical building, so that you can look at it.
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...a guided tour of a ruined Scottish castle.
5 verb If you tour a place, you go on a journey or trip round it.
You can also tour the site on modern coaches equipped with videos... V n