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/ˌdiˈtʊər/ /ˈditɔ/ IPA guide. Other forms: detours; detoured; detouring. A detour is a longer, less direct way to get where you're going. A traffic accident sometimes means you have to take a detour to get home. When signs direct drivers to take a detour, it's usually because of road work or an emergency that's blocking traffic.
Detour definition: a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.. See examples of DETOUR used in a sentence.
1. A roundabout way or course, especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route. 2. A deviation from a direct course of action. intr. & tr.v. de·toured, de·tour·ing, de·tours. To go or cause to go by a roundabout way. [French détour, from Old French destor, from destorner, to turn away : des-, de- + torner, to turn; see turn .]
DETOUR definition: a different, longer route to a place that is used to avoid something or to visit something: . Learn more.
detour. noun. /ˈdiːtʊə (r)/, /ˈdiːtɔː (r)/. /ˈdiːtʊr/. a longer route that you take in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place. We had to make a detour around the flooded fields. It's well worth making a detour to see the village. Extra Examples. Topics Transport by car or lorry c2.
3 days ago · 1. countable noun. 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 home, but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.
a : to make (someone or something) go in a direction that is not planned or expected. A police officer was detouring traffic around the scene of the accident. Traffic will be detoured to 72nd Street. — often used figuratively. Her athletic career was detoured by a series of injuries.
