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Tyria's a big world. We get a grand tour in 'Ghosts of Ascalon.' We're in Divinity's Reach, we're in Lion's Arch, we're in Ebonhawke, we're in the Dragon's Land, we're in Ascalon. We're basically hitting a lot of the major human and charr locations.
Jeff Grubb

Meaning of "grand tour" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAND TOUR

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Grand tour is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GRAND TOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Grand Tour

The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage. Though primarily associated with the British nobility and wealthy landed gentry, similar trips were made by wealthy young men of Protestant Northern European nations on the Continent, and from the second half of the 18th century some South American, U.S., and other overseas youth joined in. The tradition was extended to include more of the middle class after rail and steamship travel made the journey less of a burden, and Thomas Cook made the "Cook's Tour" a byword. The New York Times recently described the Grand Tour in this way: Three hundred years ago, wealthy young Englishmen began taking a post-Oxbridge trek through France and Italy in search of art, culture and the roots of Western civilization.

Definition of grand tour in the English dictionary

The definition of grand tour in the dictionary is an extended tour through the major cities of Europe, esp one undertaken by a rich or aristocratic Englishman to complete his education. Other definition of grand tour is an extended sightseeing trip, tour of inspection, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRAND TOUR

grand old man
Grand Old Party
grand opening
grand opera
grand piano
Grand Prix
Grand Rapids
Grand Remonstrance
grand seigneur
grand slam
grand staircase
grand total
grand unified theory
Grand Union Canal
grand vizier

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRAND TOUR

conducted tour
contour
Cook´s tour
cycling tour
detour
ecotour
Fantin-Latour
guided tour
Latour
magical mystery tour
mystery tour
notour
package tour
retour
santour
stour
study tour
tiki tour
tour
walking tour

Synonyms and antonyms of grand tour in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «grand tour» into 25 languages

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The translations of grand tour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grand tour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

壮游
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grand tour
570 millions of speakers

English

grand tour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्रांड टूर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جولة الكبرى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грандиозный тур
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grand tour
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশাল সফর
260 millions of speakers

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grand tour
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Translator English - Malay

Lawatan besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grand Tour
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グランド·ツアー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그랜드 투어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grand tour
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tour du lịch lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய பயணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रँड टूर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büyük tur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grand tour
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Grand Tour
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Translator English - Ukrainian

грандіозний тур
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Grand Tour
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

grand tour
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Grand Tour
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Grand Tour
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

grand tour
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The term «grand tour» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.228 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grand tour

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Jeff Grubb
Tyria's a big world. We get a grand tour in 'Ghosts of Ascalon.' We're in Divinity's Reach, we're in Lion's Arch, we're in Ebonhawke, we're in the Dragon's Land, we're in Ascalon. We're basically hitting a lot of the major human and charr locations.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAND TOUR»

Discover the use of grand tour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grand tour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Evolution of the Grand Tour: Anglo-Italian Cultural ...
The Grand Tour has emerged as a subject of importance for those interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic production.
Edward Chaney, 2000
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Venice & the Grand Tour
This book explores Venice's magnetic hold on the imagination of the Grand Tourist and connects the ideology of the Tour to the mythology of Venice.
Bruce Redford, 1996
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Grand tour: the lure of Italy in the eighteenth century
This book looks at this vital aspect of European civilization in the age of the Enlightenment from the point of view of several countries and includes the work of foremost artists of the period, among them Canaletto, Richard Wilson, Pompeo ...
Andrew Wilton, Ilaria Bignamini, Palazzo delle esposizioni (Rome, Italy), 1996
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Italy and the Grand Tour
In this book, historian Jeremy Black recreates the actual tourist experiences of those who travelled to Italy on a Grand Tour.
Jeremy Black, 2003
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Pleasure and Guilt on the Grand Tour: Travel Writing and ...
The book considers the Tour with reference to strategies of description and commentary, narrative and thematic orderings and arguments and assumptions about how the encounter with the foreign should be managed.
Chloe Chard, 1999
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The Sinner's Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Historical ...
In The Sinner’s Grand Tour, celebrated historian and travel writer Tony Perrottet sets off to discover a string of legendary sites and relics that are still kept far from public view.
Tony Perrottet, 2011
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A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics,
This book covers the central themes of spacetime geometry and the general-relativistic account of gravity; quantum mechanics and quantum field theory; gauge theories and the fundamental forces of nature, statistical mechanics and the theory ...
Ian D. Lawrie, 1990
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The Grand Tour
Divided into chapters by country, each with a brief introduction outlining its architectural history, The Grand Tour offers armchair travelers, students, architecture buffs, and historians the opportunity to browse the buildings of the ...
Harry Seidler, 2013
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The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery
Told in never-before-published letters and photos taken from the Queen of Mystery's very own archives, this exciting travelogue, steeped in history and illustrated with photos, postcards, newspaper clippings and memorabilia, documents her ...
Agatha Christie, Mathew Prichard, 2013
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Mathematics in 10 lessons: the grand tour
A guide to mathematics for the general reader introduces such essential concepts as rational numbers, symbolic logic, infinity, and probability.
Jerry P. King, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAND TOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grand tour is used in the context of the following news items.
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Modi in unprecedented grand tour of Central Asia
Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi is nearing the end of a grand tour of Central Asia designed to challenge China's dominance in this ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Froome 'fresher and more prepared' for Tour de France than in 2013
Two years on, Sky's British leader is “fresher and more prepared” for the French grand tour. Sky planned his season that way. In November ... «velonews.competitor.com, Jul 15»
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Tour de France 2015: Richie Porte confirms he will leave Team Sky
But after a strong start to the Italian grand tour, Porte's race fell apart following a controversial two-minute penalty for accepting a replacement ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Porte confirms he will leave Team Sky
But after a strong start to the Italian grand tour, Porte's race fell apart following a controversial two-minute penalty for accepting a replacement ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
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Italian Basso quits Tour due to testicular cancer
Basso won the Giro twice — his only grand tour titles — thanks to impressive climbing performances. His career, however, was stained with a ... «euronews, Jul 15»
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Tour de France 2015: Chris Froome sends warning to Yellow Jersey …
... as Froome's minder, revealed he would like to challenge for a Grand Tour title if Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford gives him clearance. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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A journey of 9 years, 3 billion miles reaches a milestone
First envisioned in the mid-1960s, the grand tour of flybys morphed into the Voyager 1 and 2 missions. Launched in 1977, these provided the ... «Khaleej Times, Jul 15»
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Here's a Renault Talisman Grand Tour For Your Family Vacation
Right off the bat, they probably wouldn't keep the pseudo-trunk lid spoiler look for the Grand Tour, and they'll probably do completely different ... «Carscoops, Jul 15»
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Tour de France 2015: Geraint Thomas tipped to lead Team Sky
Geraint Thomas will lead Team Sky in a grand tour if he continues to perform as he is at the moment, according to Sir Dave Brailsford, who says ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Orica-GreenEDGE accept Tour de France team time trial hopes are …
... team trial before, especially the Yates twins who are being flagged as future grand tour contenders and may have to draw on the experience. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

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