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detour

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Word definitions for detour in dictionaries

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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.

Usage examples of detour.

To follow him it was necessary for the heavy, cumbersome apes to make a wide detour, and Sheeta, too, who hated water.

The Technology and Artifacts people dreaded losing their urban context, but the astrogeologists and climatologists welcomed the prospect of a long detour into the deserts and mountains.

Instead of publicizing the mystery of a vanished truck and driver, the newspapers agreed that no truck had driven up to Beaverwood the night when some practical joker claimed to have seen a detour sign on the valley road.

These forces had been part of the small army which had come with General Carrington through Beira, and after a detour of thousands of miles, through their own wonderful energy they had arrived in time to form portion of the relieving column.

Knowing it would be a late night, I detoured to La Paz, a Mexican restaurant at South End, for carryout enchiladas.

Admiral Crockett Reds sent the fleet into Cassiopeian space, after a long, boring detour, in single file, spaced seconds apart.

Cut a counterflow, run a detour down that privileged, gerrymandered isthmus straight into the marina.

At Lincoln, they had made a temporary detour, driving to Crookneck Lake for a food break and a bath.

She was on her way, despite short detours through the bedrooms of various directors and producers, and I had learned that there were as many photographers in Hollywood as there were dopeheads, maybe more.

Wizard Street turns south and makes a long detour, through Morningside and Eastside, before it comes back north through Midway to Grandgate.

Canada, and when Gamay learned about your research, she insisted that we make a detour.

Before you detour Diana Gartner and her craft, you must either obtain a sample of this vector, or see to it that it is released into the atmosphere.

Lotzen we must make a slight detour over Hohensalza to Gorlitz where we give our gallant Ju.

On the way to our academy on the bus that day we detoured to Zhongnanhai, where Chairman Mao, Madame Mao and all the top government officials lived.

During class one day, he went into one of his little detours, talking about Mao as a brilliant political strategist.