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detour

/ˈdiːtʊə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdiːtʊə/
detour
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

de - tour -> detour

Myanmar meaning

(n) ကွင်း ကွေ့ပတ် သွားရသောလမ်း။လမ်းလွှဲသွားခြင်း။ (vt) လမ်းလွှဲသွားသည်။ကွေ့၍ကွင်း၍သွားသည်။

Full entry

detour /'di:tƱǝ(r)/ n

ကွေ့ပတ်သွားလမ်း။ လမ်းလွှဲ။ ရှောင်လမ်း။
We had to make a detour round the floods ❍ It's well worth making a detour to see this charming village. See also DIVERSION ၂

More examples
  • [make/take a detour] : I took a detour round the back streets.
Synonyms
diversion, deviation, bypass, alternative route, long way around, indirect route, alternate route, angle away, angle off, back road, bend, blink at, branch, burke, bypath, byway, camber, cambering, change position, circuit, circuitous route, circumbendibus, circumnavigation, circumvent, circumvention, crotch, depart from, detouring, deviate from, divergence, face about, fork, get around, go around, go around the barn, going around, incurvate, incurvated, indirect course, let go, letting go, long way round, pass around, rechannel, rechanneled, redirect, redirected, refract, roundabout route, roundabout way, runaround, secondary highway, service road, shunt, shy away, skirt, spiraled, spiraling, spiralled, steer clear of, steering clear of, substitute, take back road, temporary route, turn, volte-face, ward off, wink at, winked at, zigzagged, zigzagging
Cross references
diversiondeviationbypassalternative routelong way aroundindirect routealternate routeangle awayangle offback roadbendblink atbranchburkebypathbywaycambercamberingchange positioncircuitcircuitous routecircumbendibuscircumnavigationcircumventcircumventioncrotchdepart fromdetouring
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