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Webster 1913 Edition
Detour
Deˊtour′
,Noun.
A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course;
as, the
. detours
of the MississippiWebster 1828 Edition
Detour
DETOUR
,Noun.
Definition 2025
detour
detour
See also: détour
English
Noun
detour (plural detours)
- A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
- On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
Translations
diversion or deviation
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Verb
detour (third-person singular simple present detours, present participle detouring, simple past and past participle detoured)
- (intransitive) To make a detour.
- (transitive) To direct or send on a detour.
Translations
intransitive: to make a detour
transitive: to direct or send on a detour