Plural of detour
regular plural
The plural of detour is detours.
Forms of detour
| Singular | detour /ˈdiː.tɔː(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | detours |
| Countable | countable |
Detours in a sentence
- The dead ends and detours were many.2011, Upton Uxbridge Underwood, “Pioneers of Pogonology”, in Poets Ranked by Beard Weight, page 94. From the entry pogonology
- At grocery stores she detours around the banana displays.2008, “Bananaphobia: The yellow fruit has no ap-peel”, in People. From the entry bananaphobia
- There are detours and incomprehensible delays.2024 April 22, Adrian Searle, “Venice Biennale 2024 review – everything everywhere all at once”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry longueur
- To her, my everyday life is like a bag of superbounce balls that's been dropped just as a steeplechase detours through our dining room.2021, Ashley Bristowe, My Own Blood: A Memoir, page 178. From the entry superbounce
- There are lots of pauses and little detours, hitchings-up of their smocks, inspection of the soles of their feet, some rather overdone limping.1997, Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros. From the entry overdone
Meaning of detour
- noun A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
- noun 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.
- verb To make a detour.
Questions about the plural of detour
- What is the plural of detour?
- The plural of detour is detours.
- Is detour countable?
- Detour is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: detour (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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