"detour" meaning in Englisch

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Noun

IPA: ˈdiːˌtʊə, diːˈtʊə Forms: the detour [singular], the detours [plural]
Etymology: vom französischen détour
  1. Umleitung (Straßenverkehr)
    Sense id: de-detour-en-noun-of6z7kh4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: redirection, rerouting, diversion Hypernyms: circumvention Translations (Umleitung (Straßenverkehr)): Umleitung [feminine] (Deutsch)

Verb

IPA: ˈdiːˌtʊə, diːˈtʊə Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present detour, he detours, she detours, it detours, simple past detourd, present participle detouring, past participle detoured
Etymology: vom französischen détour
  1. eine Umleitung nehmen (Straßenverkehr)
    Sense id: de-detour-en-verb-6zep-Ybr
  2. umleiten (Straßenverkehr) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: de-detour-en-verb-3LV9Ixhl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: umleiten (Deutsch) Translations (eine Umleitung nehmen (Straßenverkehr)): Umleitung (Deutsch), nehmen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "The detour will last until construction is complete."
        }
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        {
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          "text": "The traffic was detoured."
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      "word": "Umleitung"
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  "word": "detour"
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
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      "form": "simple present detour"
    },
    {
      "form": "he detours"
    },
    {
      "form": "she detours"
    },
    {
      "form": "it detours"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past detourd"
    },
    {
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          "text": "The traffic was detoured."
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      "sense": "eine Umleitung nehmen (Straßenverkehr)",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Umleitung"
    },
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      "lang": "Deutsch",
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      "sense": "eine Umleitung nehmen (Straßenverkehr)",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "nehmen"
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      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "umleiten"
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  "word": "detour"
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