Past tense of tour
regular verb
The past tense of tour is toured. The past participle is also toured.
Forms of tour
| Base form (V1) | tour /tɔː(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | toured |
| Past participle (V3) | toured |
| Present participle | touring /ˈtʊəɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | tours |
Toured in a sentence
- Longtime Brooklynites, the pair had been casually searching for an upstate weekend retreat when they toured a house on a 3-acre parcel of land in Amenia, New York.2026 May, Julie Belcove, “Farm Fresh”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 90
- Over the next week we visited and toured about two dozen factories.2016, Phil Knight, “1976”, in Shoe Dog, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 286. From the entry Douliou
- Soon after his arrival Sir Andrew toured the ssazas of Buganda and I accompanied him.1979, Paulo Kavuma, Crisis in Buganda, 1953-55, page 16. From the entry Buganda
- After we toured the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, I held a question-and-answer session with students at Beijing University.2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 435. From the entry great wall
- Newt Gingrich toured a metal plant in Cleveland last week, telling workers on the shop floor that manufacturing jobs are crucial to national security.2012 February 15, Michael A. Fletcher, David Nakamura, “Obama, GOP candidates more hopeful about factory jobs”, in Washington Post…. From the entry arsenal of democracy
Meaning of tour
- noun A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- noun A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
- noun A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
Questions about the past tense of tour
- What is the past tense of tour?
- The past tense of tour is toured.
- What is the past participle of tour?
- The past participle of tour is toured.
- Is tour a regular or irregular verb?
- Tour is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tour (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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