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  1. 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.

  2. 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. You can also detour, or take an unexpected route, while you're running errands, stopping ...

  3. 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 .]

  4. 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.

  5. 3 days ago · detour in British English. (ˈdiːtʊə ) noun. 1. a deviation from a direct, usually shorter route or course of action. verb. 2. to deviate or cause to deviate from a direct route or course of action. Collins English Dictionary.

  6. DETOUR meaning: 1 : the act of going or traveling to a place along a way that is different from the usual or planned way often used figuratively; 2 : a road, highway, etc., that you travel on when the usual way of traveling cannot be used

  7. DETOUR definition: a different, longer route to a place that is used to avoid something or to visit something: . Learn more.

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