Detour - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdiːtʊr|
Brit.
|ˈdiːtʊə|
noun
- a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
verb
- travel via a detour
Extra examples
After a number of unexpected detours, we finally arrived at our destination.
The little restaurant is worth a detour.
We had to make a detour around the heaviest traffic.
We took a detour from the main streets.
The road is closed ahead, so traffic will have to follow the detour.
We detoured around the heaviest traffic.
A police officer was detouring traffic around the scene of the accident.
Traffic will be detoured to 72nd Street.
We took a detour to avoid the town centre.
She took a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: detour
he/she/it: detours
present participle: detouring
past tense: detoured
past participle: detoured
I/you/we/they: detour
he/she/it: detours
present participle: detouring
past tense: detoured
past participle: detoured
noun
singular: detour
plural: detours
singular: detour
plural: detours
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