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 Definitions of avenue  [ˈæv əˌnyu, -ˌnu]  

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Definition of 'avenue' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) avenue
a wide street or main thoroughfare.

2.  avenue
a means of access or attainment:
avenues of escape.

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

4.  avenue
Chiefly Brit.

5.  avenue
a wide, usu. tree-lined road or driveway to a country house.

6.  avenue
a suburban residential street.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; < F, lit., approach, der. of fem. ptp. of avenir < L advenīre to arrive)

Definition of 'avenue' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) avenue
a line of approach
"they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding"

2. (noun) avenue, boulevard
a wide street or thoroughfare


Definition of 'avenue' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) avenue
a wide road
a tree-lined avenue

2.  avenue
a possible method
to explore all avenues; avenues of communication


Definition of 'avenue' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) avenue
a way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit

2. (noun) avenue
the principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered

3. (noun) avenue
a broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York


Translation of 'avenue' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a road, often with trees along either side.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: laan Arabic flag Arabic: طَريق مُشَجَّـر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: алея
Brazilian flag Brazilian: avenida Czech flag Czech: alej German flag German: die Allee
Danish flag Danish: allé; avenue Greek flag Greek: λεωφόρος Spanish flag Spanish: avenida
Estonian flag Estonian: avenüü Farsi flag Farsi: مسیری که دو طرفش درخت باش Finnish flag Finnish: puistotie
French flag French: avenue Hebrew flag Hebrew: שְׁדֵרָה Hindi flag Hindi: सड़क
Croatian flag Croatian: avenija Hungarian flag Hungarian: fasor Indonesian flag Indonesian: jalan raya
Icelandic flag Icelandic: trjágöng, gata með trjám Italian flag Italian: viale Japanese flag Japanese: 並木道
Korean flag Korean: 가로수길 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: alėja Latvian flag Latvian: aleja; gatve
Malay flag Malay: jalan Dutch flag Dutch: laan Norwegian flag Norwegian: aveny, allé
Polish flag Polish: aleja Persian flag Persian: مسیری که دو طرفش درخت باش Pashto flag Pashto: هغه لاره چی دواړو خواووته
Portuguese flag Portuguese: avenida Romanian flag Romanian: alee Russian flag Russian: аллея
Slovak flag Slovak: aleja Slovenian flag Slovenian: avenija Serbian flag Serbian: avenija
Swedish flag Swedish: allé, aveny Thai flag Thai: ถนนใหญ่ มักมีต้นไม้สองข้า Turkish flag Turkish: bulvar
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 林蔭道 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бульвар Urdu flag Urdu: راستہ ، گزرکاہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đại lộ Chinese flag Chinese: 林荫道

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