"detour" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdiː.tʊə(r)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detour.wav [UK] Forms: detour [singular], detours [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you make a detour, you divert and change your original route, usually via a longer way.
    Sense id: simple-detour-en-noun-MU5LXjPf

Verb

IPA: /ˈdiː.tʊə(r)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detour.wav [UK] Forms: detour [canonical], detours [third-person, singular], detoured [past], detoured [past, participle], detouring [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you detour, you divert and change your original route, usually via a longer way.
    Sense id: simple-detour-en-verb-gV8cTIYG
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