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detour

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchdétour, fromdétourner(“turn away”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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detour (pluraldetours)

  1. Adiversion ordeviation from one'soriginalroute.
    • 1918 September–November,Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, inThe Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp.,→OCLC; republished as chapter IX, inHugo Gernsback, editor,Amazing Stories,(please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.:Experimenter Publishing,1927,→OCLC:
      On the third day I made adetour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.
    • 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 29:50 from the start, inThe Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎[1], archived fromthe original on3 November 2022:
      Of course theJohnston swings around to engage the entire flotilla, and, despite taking several more hits,Johnston successfully forces away the first two ships, which leads to the entire squadron taking adetour to avoid the single pugnacious ship.
  2. An temporary alternative route available to motorists away from the usual route due to a closure for repairs, dealing with an accident, or some event rendering the usual route unusable.

Derived terms

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Translations

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diversion or deviation
An temporary alternative route to the main route.

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Verb

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detour (third-person singular simple presentdetours,present participledetouring,simple past and past participledetoured)

  1. (intransitive) To make adetour.
    • 1988 April 9, Elizabeth Pincus, “Freedom Ride Supports Southern Les/Gay Visibility”, inGay Community News, page 3:
      Petrelisdetoured away from southern activities to visit Chicago and help draw attention to lesbian, gay and AIDS issues during the Illinois primary March 16.
  2. (transitive) Todirect orsend on adetour.

Translations

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intransitive: to make a detour
transitive: to direct or send on a detour

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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detour

  1. Alternative form ofdettour
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