detour

detour
[[t]di͟ːtʊə(r)[/t]]
detours, detouring, detoured
1) N-COUNT If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way.

He did not take the direct route to his home, but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.

2) N-COUNT A detour is a special route for traffic to follow when the normal route is blocked, for example because it is being repaired. [AM]
(in BRIT, use diversion)
3) VERB If you detour, you make a detour.

On the way back, Jarvis detoured to check the time of services at the church. [Also V prep]


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  • détour — [ detur ] n. m. • destor « lieu écarté » XIIe; de détourner 1 ♦ (XIIIe) Tracé qui s écarte du chemin direct (voie, cours d eau). ⇒ angle, boucle, coude, courbe, 2. tournant; zigzag. La rivière fait un large détour. ⇒ méandre, sinuosité. Le chemin …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • détour — DÉTOUR. sub. mas. Sinuosité. La rivière fait là un détour, fait plusieurs détours. [b]f♛/b] Il signifie aussi Un endroit qui va en tournant. Il y a un détour à droite, à gauche. Il l attendit à un détour. Le détour de la rue. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • detour — I noun alternate route, by pass, by passage, circuitous route, deflection, departure, deviation, deviation from a direct course, digression, diversion, excursion, indirect path, loop, roundabout course, temporary route, wrong course associated… …   Law dictionary

  • detour — [dē′toor΄; ] also [ dē toor′, ditoor′] n. [Fr détour, a turning, evasion < détourner, to turn aside < OFr destourner < des (L dis ), away + tourner: see TURN] 1. a roundabout way; deviation from a direct way 2. a route used when the… …   English World dictionary

  • Detour — (engl. Umleitung) steht für: einen Roman von Martin Goldsmith aus dem Jahr 1939. den Originaltitel einer Verfilmung dieses Romans aus dem Jahr 1945, siehe Umleitung (Film). ein Remake dieses Films aus dem Jahr 1992. den Originaltitel des Films… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • detour — 1738, from Fr. détour, from O.Fr. destor side road, byway; evasion, excuse, from destorner turn aside, from des aside + tourner to turn (see TURN (Cf. turn)). The verb is attested from 1836 (intrans.); 1905 (trans.). Related: Detoured; detouring …   Etymology dictionary

  • detour — ► NOUN ▪ a divergence from a direct or intended route. ► VERB ▪ take a detour. ORIGIN French, change of direction …   English terms dictionary

  • Detour — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Detour — (fr., spr. Detuhr), 1) Um , Abweg; 2) Abschweifung, durch die man das Gespräch auf einen andern Gegenstand leitet; daher Detourniren, ablenken …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Detour — (franz., spr. tūr), Um , Abweg; Umschweif, Winkelzug, Ausflucht; detournieren, ablenken, abschweifen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Détour — (frz., spr. tuhr), Um , Abweg; Ausflucht …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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