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[ dee-toor, dih-toor ] / ˈdi tʊər, dɪˈtʊər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR detour ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed. an indirect or roundabout procedure, path, etc. verb (used without object)to make a detour; go by way of a detour. verb (used with object)to cause to make a detour. to make a detour around: We detoured Birmingham. Origin of detour1730–40 <French détour,Old French destor, derivative of destorner to turn aside, equivalent to des-de- + torner to turn Words nearby detourdetinue, Detmold, detonate, detonation, detonator, detour, detox, detoxicate, detoxification, detoxification centre, detoxify Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for detourIf you’re planning on attending or booking a separate trip, keep these adventure detours in mind. 27 Epic Trips to Start Planning Now|The Editors|September 8, 2020|Outside Online In order to see why, we need to take a brief detour through the philosophy of mathematics. Animals That Can Do Math Understand More Language Than We Think|Erik Nelson|June 14, 2020|Singularity Hub The ice cream remains reason enough to detour off I-84 for a visit to this mid-20th century gem. The Real Cheeseburger Paradise|Jane & Michael Stern|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST I will detour for a moment because this where I often see interviewers and pundits roll their eyes. Putin’s Sochi and Hitler’s Berlin: The Love Affair Between Dictators and the Olympic Games.|Garry Kasparov|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the way to the West Bank, perhaps you could take a detour to visit some of the African neighborhoods in Tel Aviv. Alicia Keys: Come Visit Palestine|Maysoon Zayid|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST I knew what I wanted to do, and college just felt like a detour. Shoshanna No More: Zosia Mamet of ‘Girls’ On Her New Off-Broadway Play|Janice Kaplan|February 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Michel's rise was so rapid that the Israeli Knesset episode stood out as a detour, a rare false note. Bush's Ghostwriter|Bryan Curtis|March 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST During this conversation they had left the drawing-room and made a detour through the grounds. An Unsocial Socialist|George Bernard Shaw Francis made a detour, so as to avoid being noticed by the gondoliers, and then again followed. The Lion of Saint Mark|G. A. Henty She was too much of a woman to run straight to her je-le-veux, so long as she could wind thitherward serpentinely and by detour. Love Me Little, Love Me Long|Charles Reade When the horse drew near, it made a detour, avoiding them, and eyes accustomed to the darkness could see that it was riderless. Injun and Whitey to the Rescue|William S. Hart This made it necessary for them to retreat and make a detour in order to reach cover. A Prince of Anahuac|James A. Porter
British Dictionary definitions for detour
nouna deviation from a direct, usually shorter route or course of action verbto deviate or cause to deviate from a direct route or course of action Word Origin for detourC18: from French détour, from Old French destorner to divert, turn away, from des- de- + torner to turn Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to detourdeviation, diversion, fork, branch, circumvention, bypass, divergence, crotch, circuit, substitute, byway, bypath, circumnavigation, back road, service road, circumbendibus, runaround |