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

First recorded in 1590–1600; from French, literally, “approach,” noun use of feminine past participle of avenir, from Latin advenīre “to come to.” See a-⁵, venue

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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How to use avenue in a sentence

You hurry out of the neighborhood, across the avenue that divides one section of town from another, relieved when you reach home.
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There are other avenues in biotechnology beyond gene editing that may help reduce the cattle industry’s footprint.
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So mathematicians hoped that Bateman and Katz’s breakthrough might offer an avenue into proving the Erdős conjecture, especially when combined with other recent advances.
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The Coronado City Council could decide this month whether to pursue a legal challenge, and the best avenue to do so.
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Economists have long pointed to home-ownership as a major avenue for building family wealth.
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The police learned that Kemp worked in a grocery on Decatur Avenue.
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They were looping back around and coming down Tiebout Avenue when they spotted two figures.
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He then escaped from his detention and arrived on Tverskaya Avenue to join his supporters.
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In the mid-afternoon, Ramos and Liu were parked on Tomkins Avenue on a meal break.
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And the bells chimed for victory at 1211 Avenue of the Americas.
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He left the arabyieh at the western entrance and went on foot down the avenue of headless rams.
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Aristide was young, he loved flirtation, and flirtation flourished in the Avenue des Plantanes.
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The stout brigadier grunted an assent and rolled monumentally down the Avenue.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
He walked briskly down the avenue, and Hedges stood looking after him, slightly puzzled in his mind.
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They joined in bands of youths and maidens and whirled down the Avenue in Bacchic madness.
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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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