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tour·ing

 (to͝or′ĭng)
n.
Travel, as on a bicycle or on skis, for pleasure rather than competition.
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touring

(ˈtʊərɪŋ)
n
1. the activity of travelling on an extended journey, usually taken for pleasure, visiting places of interest along the route
2. the activity of going on an organized trip to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
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Translations

touring

[ˈtʊərɪŋ]
A. N
1. (by tourist) → turismo m
I'd like to do some touring in a camper vanme gustaría hacer un poco de turismo en una autocaravana
2. (by band, statesman etc) → giras fpl
the company has done more touring this yearla compañía ha realizado más giras este año
B. CPD touring bicycle Nbicicleta f de paseo
touring company N (Theat) → compañía f (de teatro) ambulante
touring exhibition Nexposición f itinerante
touring holiday Nviaje m turístico
touring map Nmapa m turístico
touring production Nmontaje m itinerante
touring team Nequipo m en gira
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

touring

[ˈtʊərɪŋ] nvoyages mpl touristiques, tourisme m
I enjoy touring → J'aime faire du tourisme, J'aime les voyages touristiques.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

touring

n(Herum)reisen nt, → (Herum)fahren nt

touring

:
touring club
nTouring-Club m
touring coach
nReisebus m
touring company
n (Theat) → Tourneetheater nt
touring holiday
n (Brit) → Reiseurlaub m
touring party
nReisegruppe f
touring team
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

touring

[ˈtʊərɪŋ] nviaggi mpl turistici
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References in classic literature ?
touring cars and fame and a new growth of hair and the presidency of the boat club.
He had never been to a play in his life till then (poor touring companies sometimes came to the Assembly Rooms at Blackstable, but the Vicar, partly on account of his profession, partly because he thought it would be vulgar, never went to see them) and the passion of the stage seized him.
When she became engaged to Bill she had reached a point where she could obtain without difficulty good parts in the touring companies of London successes, but beyond that it seemed it was impossible for her to soar.
That was to say, whether it was a sack of potatoes, a grand piano, or a seven-passenger touring car, it came into being only by the performance of work.
When his touring in Switzerland is finished, he does not throw that broomstick away, but lugs it home with him, to the far corners of the earth, although this costs him more trouble and bother than a baby or a courier could.
Philander in a huge touring car belonging to the former, and quickly whirled away through the dense northern woods toward the little farm which the girl had not visited before since childhood.
What had shocked her to consciousness of herself was a young man in the driver's seat of a touring car standing at the curb.

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