Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Travel, as on a bicycle or on skis, for pleasure rather than competition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of making a tour or journey; traveling; specifically, travel in a motor or other vehicle which lasts for several flays, as distinguished from a drive or simple excursion out and back in one day or a very few days.
- Designed for use in making tours or considerable journeys: as, a
touring-car (which see).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company".
- verb Present participle of
tour .
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Examples
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I do a lot of house concerts -- about half of my touring is to house concerts or concert series '.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen: Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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The two people, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because they did not want to pre-empt Emanuel's announcement, said he will return to Chicago over the weekend and begin touring neighborhoods Monday.
Rahm Emanuel To Begin Touring Chicago Neighborhoods, Connecting With Voters This Weekend The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I do a lot of house concerts -- about half of my touring is to house concerts or concert series '.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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I do a lot of house concerts -- about half of my touring is to house concerts or concert series '.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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I do a lot of house concerts -- about half of my touring is to house concerts or concert series '.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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I do a lot of house concerts -- about half of my touring is to house concerts or concert series '.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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The schedule of touring is grinding, especially for the roadie who is the first to arrive in each city, the last one to leave the hall after each concert, yet the first the first to leave each town.
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The schedule of touring is grinding, especially for the roadie who is the first to arrive in each city, the last one to leave the hall after each concert, yet the first the first to leave each town.
Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Men Behind Skynyrd « Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie 2010
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The Associated Press reports that Emanuel will return to Chicago over the weekend and begin touring neighborhoods on Monday, according to sources familiar with his plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not want to pre-empt Emanuel's announcement.
Rahm Emanuel to resign Friday, Pete Rouse interim replacement Washington Post Staff 2010
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I do a lot of house concerts -- about half of my touring is to house concerts or concert series '.
Mike Ragogna: Motown & The Hitmen : Conversations with Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Ryan, and Sarah Sample Mike Ragogna 2010
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