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detours

detours is the plural of detour.

detours is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detour.

Meaning of detour

Noun

detour (plural detours)

  1. A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
    • On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IX, in Hugo Gernsback, editor...
  2. A temporary alternative route available to motorists away from the usual route due to a closure for repairs, dealing with an accident, or some event rendering the usual route unusable.

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Questions about detours

What is detours the plural of?
Detours is the plural of detour.

Words near detours in the dictionary

  1. detourned
  2. detournement
  3. detournements
  4. detourning
  5. detourns
  6. detours
  7. detox
  8. detoxed
  9. detoxer
  10. detoxers
  11. detoxes

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