tour

«tour» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a trip visiting several places, like a tour of a city — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (tour, tours); verb (tour, tours, toured, touring)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tour is a trip visiting several places, like a tour of a city. tree →

2) A tour is also a walk around one place with a guide who explains things, like a tour of a museum or school. tree →

3) A tour is a trip by a band, team or show to perform in many places. tree →

4) To tour is to travel around a place to see it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a trip with a time, distance or ticket price; tours counted, or people on a tour; price per person × people = total cost. In school: a school tour or class trip. Everyday life: a bus tour, a guided tour. In stories: a band on tour. Phrases: go on a tour, a guided tour, on tour, a tour guide, tour the town.

examples

• The bus tour takes 3 hours. tree →
• A ticket for the tour costs 15 dollars. tree →
• 40 people went on the tour in 2 buses. tree →
• They toured 5 museums in 2 days. tree →
• The guide took us on a tour of the castle. tree →
• New pupils get a tour of the school. tree →
• The band is on tour around Australia. tree →
• We stayed with the tour guide so nobody got lost. tree →
• I shall make a tour this summer; will you go with me? tree →

note

Countable noun: a tour, tours. A «tourist» is a person who travels to see places. Carries no clue alone; look at the time, price and people around it. Trap: the price per person × people = total cost.

In the corpora

• Stars go on chat shows mainly to promote a new film, book or tour, and their funny stories are often practised beforehand.
• While the Rat and the Otter argue about eels by the fire, the Badger takes the Mole on a tour with a lantern.
• The Tour de France is a famous cycling race held every July that finishes in Paris.
• Un tour is a trip or a turn, but une tour is a tower, so the Eiffel Tower is la tour Eiffel.
• As widely reported, Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in 2012 for doping and admitted it in 2013.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tour» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.