Detour

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdiːtÊŠÉ™/

Origin

From French détour, from détourner ("turn away").

Full definition of detour

Noun

1. A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
• 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot (novel) Chapter IXOn the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a detour.
2. (transitive) To direct or send on a detour.

Anagrams

• routed, toured