Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

touring

/ˈtʊəɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: tour-ing
IPA: /ˈtʊəɹɪŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Working for a short time in different places.

adj

Intended for a journey through a country or a region, related to tourism.

verb

present participle and gerund of tour

noun

Informal

Example Sentences

"a touring company"
"If you are not using a touring-specific bike and you have large feet, you could have problems with your heels striking your rear panniers. This is one of the very reasons why a touring bike has long chainstays (435mm minimum)."
"Finally, there was the 40-hp machine from the previous year, on the 120-inch wheelbase and listed in four body styles, tourings and roadsters."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

tourings (plural)

Derived Forms

nontouring ecotouring

Phrases

bicycle touring grand touring car touring bicycle touring car touring company touring member touring motorcycle touring side

Synonyms

itinerant moving road traveling

Homonyms

Turing (one pronunciation)

Rhymes With

during ensuring securing enduring reassuring curing turing maturing assuring alluring procuring luring

Questions

How do you pronounce touring?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʊəɹɪŋ/.
What does touring mean?: Working for a short time in different places.

How to pronounce touring

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