Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A roundabout way or course, especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route.
- noun A deviation from a direct course of action.
- intransitive & transitive verb To go or cause to go by a roundabout way.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A turning; a roundabout or circuitous way; deviation from the direct or shortest road or route.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
diversion ordeviation from one's original route. - verb intransitive To make a detour.
- verb transitive To direct or send on a detour.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
- verb travel via a detour
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The deep-bore tunnel will make 40,000 vehicles more visable, duh, as they detour from the Aurora portal through Lower Queen Anne to Elliott, and from the AWV onto Alaskan Way.
Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola 2010
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At least they did at the corner of "Glenn" and Wygant, which we passed through the other day as part of our pedestrian detour from the wonderful but somewhat bike-manic Sunday Parkways:
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At least they did at the corner of "Glenn" and Wygant, which we passed through the other day as part of our pedestrian detour from the wonderful but somewhat bike-manic Sunday Parkways:
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I too enjoy making pancakes early on weekend mornings .... my goal is to always be quiet enough not to wake anyone as I cook .... and then see the kids faces light up as they take that detour from the cupboard (for cereal) to the stove area for a plate.
Grandpa's special pancakes | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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The next time you are in a bookshop take a detour from the section you normally head straight for.
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Their choice was to take a hit for going (even if it was a private detour from a very public campaign swing, Obama was going to be accused of using wounded troops for political gain), or a hit for not going (the charge would be -- and has been -- that Obama didn't care about wounded troops).
Obama Arrives Home, to a Not-So-Warm Welcome from McCain - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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Drivers who slow down briefly or who make a detour from the main route will still be caught because up to 50 of the cameras will work together in a network.
Drivers Will Have No Escape From New Speed Cameras | Disinformation 2008
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The next time you are in a bookshop take a detour from the section you normally head straight for.
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On the way out of the pavilion, my parents insisted on taking a detour from the schedule — they wanted to see the Lion King movie (sigh).
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On the way out of the pavilion, my parents insisted on taking a detour from the schedule — they wanted to see the Lion King movie (sigh).
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