detour
[noun]
Synonyms: diversion, bypass, indirect course, roundabout way

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Related Words: bypass

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I. de‧tour¹ /ˈdiːtʊə $ -tʊr/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: détour]

1. a way of going from one place to another that is longer than the usual way
make/take a detour
We took a detour to avoid the town centre.

2. American English a different road for traffic when the usual road cannot be used Synonym : diversion British English

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II. detour² verb [intransitive and transitive] American English
to make a detour

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detour
noun
ADJ. lengthy, long | brief, short, small
VERB + DETOUR make, take We had to make a lengthy detour through the backstreets.
be worth The monument is well worth a detour.
PREP. ~ around Trucks now face a five-mile detour around the bridge.
~ through, ~ to The ship made a detour to the south.

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