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avenue
[ av-uh-nyoo, -noo ]
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.
avenue
/ ˈævɪˌnjuː /
noun
- a broad street, often lined with trees
- 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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Example Sentences
The police learned that Kemp worked in a grocery on Decatur Avenue.
They were looping back around and coming down Tiebout Avenue when they spotted two figures.
He then escaped from his detention and arrived on Tverskaya Avenue to join his supporters.
In the mid-afternoon, Ramos and Liu were parked on Tomkins Avenue on a meal break.
And the bells chimed for victory at 1211 Avenue of the Americas.
He left the arabyieh at the western entrance and went on foot down the avenue of headless rams.
Aristide was young, he loved flirtation, and flirtation flourished in the Avenue des Plantanes.
The stout brigadier grunted an assent and rolled monumentally down the Avenue.
He walked briskly down the avenue, and Hedges stood looking after him, slightly puzzled in his mind.
They joined in bands of youths and maidens and whirled down the Avenue in Bacchic madness.
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