grand tour

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 Voyagers go into the great beyond Never before had a spacecraft visited four worlds in a single, grand tour as the two Voyager probes did in the 1970s and 1980s with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "After an amazing decade in space, these are humanity’s top achievements," 27 Dec. 2019 Netflix made Spacey its unofficial spokesman, taking him on a prelaunch grand tour to declare that streaming was the future of television. — Los Angeles Times, "Oversubscribed! Wasn’t cord-cutting supposed to streamline our lives?," 9 Oct. 2019 At Songbyrd, this slow-starting but ever-building epic ended the main set with a grand tour of Kim’s guitar technique. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, "Say Sue Me shows another side of music from South Korea," 5 Dec. 2019 And ahead of the United States Grand Prix in Austin, the F1 duo enjoyed a grand tour of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. — Anna Fletcher, CNN, "F1 duo starstruck by astronauts' 'mission for the good of humanity'," 5 Nov. 2019 The Chicago Griswolds win a grand tour and head for the Old World to soak up culture. — Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV for Oct. 6-12: ‘Throne of Blood’ and more," 4 Oct. 2019 Its grand tour came to an end on Oct. 4 but not before dazzling meteorologists with more twists and turns. — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, "Hurricanes don’t ask for directions: a list of the weirdest storm paths," 27 Sep. 2019 The discussion in Rivers’ living room was a far different scene than the grand tour the Magic took their targets, including Tim Duncan, on in 2000. — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, "Doc Rivers’ Magic lessons taught him how to deal with superstar players," 4 Aug. 2019 Another doorway connects to the moody vermilion bar, whose cocktail menu showcases a grand tour of vermouths, including an Athenian rouge that smells like a bowl of vanilla and roses. — Fortune, "Review: Patience Is a Virtue Well-Rewarded at this New Orleans Hotel Bar," 14 July 2019

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“Grand tour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20tour. Accessed 14 Jul. 2020.

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