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{
"term": "detour",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a longer route that you take in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We had to make a detour around the flooded fields."
},
{
"text": "It's well worth making a detour to see the village."
},
{
"text": "The monument is well worth a detour."
},
{
"text": "The ship made a detour to the south."
},
{
"text": "Trucks now face a five-mile detour around the bridge."
},
{
"text": "We had to make a lengthy detour through the backstreets."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["lengthy", "long", "brief"],
"verb + detour": ["make", "take", "be worth"],
"detour + noun": ["route", "sign"],
"preposition": ["detour around", "detour from", "detour through"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a road or route that is used when the usual one is closed",
"labels": "(North American English)British English",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["lengthy", "long", "brief"],
"verb + detour": ["make", "take", "be worth"],
"detour + noun": ["route", "sign"],
"preposition": ["detour around", "detour from", "detour through"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdiːtʊə(r)//ˈdiːtɔː(r)/",
"audio": "de/detour/detour__gb_6.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdiːtʊr/",
"audio": "de/detour/detour__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 18th cent. (as a noun): from French détour ‘change of direction’, from détourner ‘turn away’."
}