avenue

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av⋅e⋅nue

[av-uh-nyoo, -noo]

–noun

1.	a wide street or main thoroughfare.

2.	a means of access or attainment: avenues of escape; avenues to greater power.

3.	a way or means of entering into or approaching a place: the various avenues to India.

Chiefly British.

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

b.	a suburban, usually tree-lined residential street.

Origin:
1590–1600; < F, lit., approach, n. use of fem. ptp. of avenir < L advenīre to come to. See a- ⁵ , venue

Synonyms:
1. See street.

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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av·e·nue (āv'ə-nōō', -nyōō')

Abbr. Ave. or Av. A wide street or thoroughfare.
1. A broad roadway lined with trees.
2. Chiefly British The drive leading from the main road up to a country house.
A means of access or approach: new avenues of trade.

[French, from Old French, arrival, from feminine past participle of avenir, to approach, from Latin advenīre, to come to; see advent.]

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