AVENUE Definition & Meaning

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avenue

[ av-uh-nyoo, -noo ]

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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.

avenue

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noun

1. a broad street, often lined with trees
2. capital as part of a street name a road, esp in a built-up area
  Shaftesbury 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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of avenue¹

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of avenue¹

C17: from French, from avenir to come to, from Latin ��屹��ī��, from ��ī�� to come

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Synonym Study

See street.

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But the true measure of these changes will be significant changes to long-standing global avenues of trade.

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Working with Jones seemed an interesting avenue for probing that theme.

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Another avenue is eliminating the current matching rate for Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.

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“As previously stated in Court, the DA’s office has exhausted all avenues to prove the case at this time without her. The DA’s office reserves all rights to refile this case in the future.”

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“No longer are we confined to ‘kitchen, children and church,’ and we must see to it that these avenues are kept forever open for American women.”

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