tour

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

   they took an extended tour of Europe

2. 2
   verb

   make a tour of a certain place

   We toured the Provence this summer

3. 3
   noun

   A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

   On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.

4. 4
   noun

   A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.

   On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.

5. 5
   noun

   A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.

   Metallica's tour of Europe

6. 6
   noun

   A tour of duty.

   Among those released were two Americans who had been held captive for more than three months: Alex Drueke, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, according to his aunt, Dianna Shaw; […]

7. 7
   noun

   A going round; a circuit.

   The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,

8. 8
   noun

   A turn; a revolution.

   the tours of the heavenly bodies

Etymology

From Old French tor, French tour (“tower”).