grand tour

noun

Definition of grand tour

1 : an extended tour of the Continent that was formerly a usual part of the education of young British gentlemen

2 : an extensive and usually educational tour

Examples of grand tour in a Sentence

They offered to give us a grand tour of their new house.

Recent Examples on the Web

Mr Blum runs through the early history of weather prediction before embarking on a grand tour of forecasting institutions across Europe and America. — The Economist, "How to predict the weather," 6 July 2019 Still, there was an opportunity to be had for a grand tour. — James Hill, Washington Post, "When astronomers sent Chuck Berry and Bach to dance among the stars," 20 June 2019 Second, the ’Vette will lose its versatility as a multiday grand touring sports car, owing to its hatchback design. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "2019 Corvette ZR1: The Last, and Best, of Its Kind," 28 Nov. 2018 To pump up the sale of the collection, the auction house has taken Ebsworth’s art on a grand tour — the Paris Biennale, London, Hong Kong — to tempt the eyes and wallets of the world’s wealthiest art-collecting elite. — David Gutman, The Seattle Times, "Multimillion-dollar art collection, once promised to SAM, now up for auction at Christie’s," 14 Nov. 2018 The North Koreans were given a grand tour not just of Beijing but also of Shanghai and the rural central province of Shanxi, traveling on state-of-the-art bullet trains and receiving tutorials on how China rapidly built up its cities and industries. — Jane Perlez, New York Times, "A Trump-Kim Deal Could Send China’s Trade With North Korea Soaring," 5 June 2018 Twitter Facebook − + Daliette Kang • 2 days ago Kang Daniel is coming to the US, as Wanna One starts its grand tour in the global market. — Tamar Herman, Billboard, "Wanna One Team Up With Popular Korean Singer-Songwriters for 'Undivided' EP: Watch 'Light' Music Video," 4 June 2018 On a grand tour befitting the occasion of its 100th birthday, the orchestra in late May and early June will repeat the Beethoven cycle two times, in Vienna, Austria, and Tokyo. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Orchestra seeks deeper meaning in Beethoven with 'The Prometheus Project' (preview)," 4 May 2018 Shadowing a crown prince | Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s grand tour of the U.S. has been a wild ride, Vivian Nereim reports in a behind-the-scenes look. — Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg.com, "Dreamer Deadlock Energizes Democrats' Midterm Bid," 2 Apr. 2018

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