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Definition of detour
: a deviation from a direct course or the usual procedure; especially : a roundabout way temporarily replacing part of a route
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Examples of detour in a Sentence
After a number of unexpected detours, we finally arrived at our destination.
The little restaurant is worth a detour.
We had to make a detour around the heaviest traffic.
We took a detour from the main streets.
The road is closed ahead, so traffic will have to follow the detour.
Recent Examples of detour from the Web
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So choosing the right path, including detours into promising valleys, requires a mental map showing all the effects of all the mutations at once—a map with not just three dimensions, but thousands.
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In many places, the two territories alternate block by block, in a patchwork of unmarked boundaries and detours that are known only by those who live within them.
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An estimated 5,000 park visitors use the Arch Rock Entrance on Highway 140 each day and will have to take the detour, Yosemite spokesman Scott Gediman said.
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Epoch opened a new tasting room outside of town, but worth the detour.
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Detours would require trucks to travel 30 miles out of the way or transverse congested city streets.
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The detour will extend from Cloverdale Road/San Pasqual Road near Escondido to Main Street/state Route 67 in Ramona.
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That's a lesson attorney Heather Calhoun of Atlanta gained through her own life detour.
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From the preserve's north end, that detour goes west along Ferry Road, southwest on the Illinois Prairie Path-Aurora Branch and then along Fairway Drive, Campbell Drive and Bruce Lane to Brookdale Road.
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Origin and Etymology of detour
French détour, from Old French destor, from destorner to divert, from des- de- + torner to turn — more at turn
detour
Definition of detour
intransitive verb
: to proceed by a detour detour around road construction
transitive verb
1 : to send by a circuitous route detour traffic around an accident
2 : to avoid by going around : bypass detour an accident site
Examples of detour in a Sentence
We detoured around the heaviest traffic.
A police officer was detouring traffic around the scene of the accident.
Traffic will be detoured to 72nd Street.
Recent Examples of detour from the Web
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After finishing college in 2009, Xing briefly detoured from dinosaurs to become a newspaper science reporter.
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These detours will be posted for drivers: ▪ Idlewild Road from Margaret Wallace Road: Traffic will be detoured from Idlewild Road to Margaret Wallace Road.
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Christina Leeds, a spokeswoman for Amtrak, said no final decision had been reached on detouring to Grand Central.
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Traffic will be detoured to exit 125B, the 22nd Street exit for about 14 months.
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Users will be detoured west of Lake Shore Drive for that stretch, but beach access will be open during construction at Fullerton Avenue, the North Avenue pedestrian bridge and LaSalle Street.
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Traffic on the interstate was detoured onto westbound Route 155 to southbound Route 462, and drivers were using Beards Hill Road to get back to I-95.
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Facing engine issues, the plane was forced to detour to tiny Cold Bay, Alaska, home of one largest runways in the state dating back to World War II.
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Motorists are advised to detour around the area until further notice by taking: The semi driver suffered an arm injury in the crash, police said.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'detour'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of detour
1836
DETOUR Defined for English Language Learners
detour
Definition of detour for English Language Learners
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: to go along a way that is different from and usually longer than the usual or planned way
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: to make (someone or something) go in a direction that is not planned or expected
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: to avoid (something) by going around it
DETOUR Defined for Kids
Definition of detour for Students
: a roundabout way that temporarily replaces part of a regular route
Definition of detour for Students
detoured
;detouring
: to go or make go on a different route than usual All cars were detoured.
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