American English
/tʰɔɹ/
One syllable.
a planned trip in which you visit several places, often with a group or a guide
Practice out louda planned trip in which you visit several places, often with a group or a guide
We went on a tour of the coast.
The tour includes three historic towns.
Tour usually means a planned visit to places. Trip is a more general word for a journey.
guided tour · bus tour · walking tour · city tour
go on a tour
a tour of + place
a visit around one building, museum, city, or other place, often to see it or learn about it
The museum tour lasts one hour.
Our guide gave us a tour of the factory.
museum tour · audio tour · factory tour
take a tour of + place
a tour around + place
a series of performances in different places by a singer, band, or other performers
The band starts its world tour in July.
They sold out every show on the tour.
concert tour · world tour · tour dates
go on tour
be on tour
to travel around a place or several places and visit them
We toured the old city on foot.
They toured several national parks last summer.
Say “tour the city,” not “tour to the city,” when you mean visit it.
tour the country · tour Europe
tour + place
tour around + place
to take an organized trip to visit places
We went on a tour of the old city.
to travel to different places to perform
The band goes on tour next month.
a person who leads visitors around a place
Our tour guide spoke slowly.