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- [too r]
- /tʊər/
- /tʊər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [too r]
- /tʊər/
Definitions of touring word
- noun touring a traveling around from place to place. 1
- noun touring a long journey including the visiting of a number of places in sequence, especially with an organized group led by a guide. 1
- noun touring a brief trip through a place, as a building or a site, in order to view or inspect it: The visiting prime minister was given a tour of the chemical plant. 1
- noun touring a journey from town to town to fulfill engagements, as by a theatrical company or an entertainer: to go on tour; a European concert tour. 1
- noun touring a period of duty at one place or in one job. 1
- verb without object touring to travel from place to place. 1
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Origin of touring
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English (noun) < Middle French < Latin tornus < Greek tórnos tool for making a circle. See turn
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Parts of speech for Touring
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
touring popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
touring usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for touring
adj touring
- abroad — If you go abroad, you go to a foreign country, usually one which is separated from the country where you live by an ocean or a sea.
noun touring
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- weekend — the end of a week, especially the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning: We spent the weekend at Virginia Beach.
adjective touring
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- journeying — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
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