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Detour

Detour Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Detour? [n] a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) [v] travel via a detour Synonyms \| Synonyms for Detour: roundabout way Related Terms \| Find terms related to Detour: aberrancy \| aberration \| ambages \| back door \| back road \| back stairs \| back street \| back way \| bear off \| bend \| bias \| branch off \| branching off \| by-lane \| bypass \| bypath \| byroad \| bystreet \| byway \| change the bearing \| circuit \| circuitousness \| circumbendibus \| circumnavigate \| circumvent \| corner \| crook \| curve \| declination \| depart from \| departure \| deviance \| deviancy \| deviate \| deviation \| deviousness \| digress \| digression \| discursion \| divagate \| divagation \| divaricate \| divarication \| diverge \| divergence \| diversion \| divert \| dogleg \| double \| drift \| drifting \| errantry \| excursion \| excursus \| exorbitation \| go around \| go round about \| hairpin \| heel \| indirection \| make a detour \| obliquity \| pererration \| rambling \| roundabout \| roundabout way \| runaround \| sheer \| shift \| shifting \| shifting course \| shifting path \| side door \| side road \| side street \| skew \| slant \| straying \| sweep \| swerve \| swerving \| swinging \| tack \| trend \| turn \| turn aside \| turn away from \| turning \| twist \| variation \| vary \| veer \| wandering \| warp \| yaw \| zigzag See Also \| deviate \| divert \| road \| route Detour In Webster's Dictionary \De`tour"\, n. [F. d['e]tour, fr. d['e]tourner to turn aside; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + tourner to turn. See {Turn}.] A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.

Detour Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Detour?

[n] a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
[v] travel via a detour

Synonyms | Synonyms for Detour: roundabout way

See Also | deviate | divert | road | route

Detour In Webster's Dictionary

\De`tour"\, n. [F. d['e]tour, fr. d['e]tourner to turn
aside; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + tourner to turn. See {Turn}.]
A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct
course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.

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