avenue
[ av-uh-nyoo, -noo ]
/ ˈæv əˌnyu, -ˌnu /
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noun
a wide street or main thoroughfare.
a means of access or attainment: avenues of escape; avenues to greater power.
a way or means of entering into or approaching a place: the various avenues to India.
Chiefly British.
- a wide, usually tree-lined road, path, driveway, etc., through grounds to a country house or monumental building.
- a suburban, usually tree-lined residential street.
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Origin of avenue
synonym study for avenue
1. See street.
Words nearby avenue
avens, aventail, Aventine, aventurine, Aventyl, avenue, Avenzoar, aver, average, average adjuster, average deviation
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British Dictionary definitions for avenue
avenue
/ (ˈævɪˌnjuː) /
noun
- a broad street, often lined with trees
- (capital as part of a street name) a road, esp in a built-up areaShaftesbury Avenue
a main approach road, as to a country house
a way bordered by two rows of treesan avenue of oaks
a line of approachexplore every avenue
Word Origin for avenue
C17: from French, from avenir to come to, from Latin advenīre, from venīre to come
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