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Etymology

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

1
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
2
A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
- On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
3
A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
- Metallica's tour of Europe
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1. A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
2. A street and road race, frequently multiday.
3. A set of competitions which make up a championship.
4. 7
  A tour of duty.
  - 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; […]
5. A closed trail.
6. 9
  A going round
  A going round; a circuit.
  - The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,
7. 10
  A turn
  A turn; a revolution.
  - the tours of the heavenly bodies
  - It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour
8. A circuit of snooker tournaments
9. 12
  To make a journey
  - The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.
10. 13
  To make a circuit of a place
  - The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.
11. A tower.
12. To toot a horn.
13. Ellipsis of Tour de France.

No curated loop yet for tour. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.