tour
/tʊə/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
noun
A street and road race, frequently multiday.
noun
A set of competitions which make up a championship.
noun
A tour of duty.
Example Sentences
- "On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions."
- "On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters."
- "Metallica's tour of Europe"
- "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; […]"
- "The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,"
- "the tours of the heavenly bodies"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tʊə/