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.
  1. a wide, usually tree-lined road, path, driveway, etc., through grounds to a country house or monumental building.
  2. a suburban, usually tree-lined residential street.

Origin of avenue

1590–1600; < French, literally, approach, noun use of feminine past participle of avenir < Latin advenīre to come to. See a-5, venue

Words nearby avenue

avenge, avens, aventail, aventine, aventurine, avenue, avenzoar, aver, average, average adjuster, average deviation

Words related to avenue

entrance, boulevard, thoroughfare, route, promenade, channel, road, outlet, pathway, drive, alley, passage, access, course, exit, way, entry, approach, parkway

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British Dictionary definitions for avenue

avenue
/ (ˈævɪˌnjuː) /

noun

  1. a broad street, often lined with trees
  2. (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 trees an avenue of oaks
a line of approach explore every avenue

Word Origin for avenue

C17: from French, from avenir to come to, from Latin advenīre, from venīre to come