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   Av·e·nue

   /ˈavəˌno͞o/

   

   noun

   • 1. a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides: "tree-lined avenues surround the hotel"
   • ▪ a thoroughfare running at right angles to the streets in a city laid out on a grid pattern: North American "7th Avenue"
   • ▪ a tree-lined road or path, especially one that leads to a country house or similar building: British "an avenue of limes" Similar roadstreetthoroughfareboulevardwaybroadwayhighway
   • 2. a way of approaching a problem or making progress toward something: "three possible avenues of research suggested themselves" Similar linepathdirectionroutemethodapproachcourse of action

   Word Origin early 17th century (in avenue (sense 2)): from French, feminine past participle of avenir ‘arrive, approach’, from Latin advenire, from ad- ‘towards’ + venire ‘come’.

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   What does Avenue mean?

   • AVENUE meaning: 1 : a wide street often used in names; 2 : a path or driveway that leads to a house located off a main road The Britannica Dictionarymobile search Home Ask the Editor Word of the Day Quizzes Core Vocabulary Browse the Dictionary × Britannica Homepage Ask the Editor Word of the Day Quizzes Core Vocabulary Browse the Dictionary

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   • 1 ENTRIES FOUND: avenue(noun) avenue /ˈævəˌnuː/Brit/ˈævəˌnjuː/noun pluralavenues avenue /ˈævəˌnuː/Brit/ˈævəˌnjuː/ noun pluralavenues Britannica Dictionary definition of AVENUE [count] 1 a :a wide street We drove down the avenue. [+] more examples[-] hide examples[+] Example sentences[-] Hide examples — often used in names

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   Where does the word Avenue come from?

   • Borrowed from French avenue, from Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin adveniō, advenīre (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veniō, venīre (“come”) . avenue c (singular definite avenuen, plural indefinite avenuer) < French avenue avenue See the possessive forms below.

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   What is the plural of Avenue?

   • avenue c (singular definite avenuen, plural indefinite avenuer) < French avenue avenue See the possessive forms below. From Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin advenīre (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veniō, venīre (“come”) .

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of AVENUE. [count] 1. a : a wide street. We drove down the avenue. — often used in names. Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. She grew up on Ledgelawn Avenue. b chiefly British : a path or driveway that leads to a house located off a main road.

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   May 21, 2024 · avenue (plural avenues) A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction. A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.

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