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- [too r; French toor]
- /tʊər; French tur/
- /tʊər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [too r; French toor]
- /tʊər; French tur/
Definitions of tours word
- noun tours a former province in W France. Capital: Tours. 1
- verb without object tours to travel from place to place. 1
- verb without object tours to travel from town to town fulfilling engagements. 1
- verb with object tours to travel through (a place). 1
- verb with object tours to send or take (a theatrical company, its production, etc.) from town to town. 1
- verb with object tours to guide (someone) on a tour: He toured us through the chateaus of the Loire Valley. 1
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Origin of tours
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 Tours
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tours 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".
tours usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tours
noun tours
- anabases — any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
- chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
- cruises — Plural form of cruise.
- dingers — Plural form of dinger.
- drives — Plural form of drive.