tour

noun

• 1a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited:a motoring tour of Scotland
• a short trip to or through a place in order to view or inspect something:a tour of the White House

• 2a journey made by performers or a sports team, in which they perform or play in several different places:Ireland’s eight-match tour of New Zealand she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on tour
• (the tour) (in golf, tennis, and other sports) the annual round of events in which top professionals compete.

• 3 (also tour of duty) a spell of duty on military or diplomatic service:a tour of duty in Northern Ireland

verb

• make a tour of (an area):he decided to tour France [no object]:he toured in America and Europe
• take (a performer, production, etc.) on tour: this production will be toured to outlying villages