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Webster 1913 Edition
Avenue
1.
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.
“The avenues leading to the city by land.” Macaulay.
On every side were expanding new
avenues
of inquiry. Milman.
2.
The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
An
avenue
of tall elms and branching chestnuts. W. Black.
3.
A broad street;
as, the Fifth
. Avenue
in New YorkWebster 1828 Edition
Avenue
AV'ENUE
,Noun.
1.
A passage; away or opening for entrance into a place; any opening or passage by which a thing is or may be introduced.2.
An alley, or walk in a garden, planted with trees, and leading to a house, gate, wood, &c., and generally terminated by some distant object. The trees may be in rows on the sides, or, according to the more modern practice, in clumps at some distance from each other.3.
A wide street, as in Washington, Columbia.Definition 2024
avenue
avenue
English
Noun
avenue (plural avenues)
- A broad street, especially one bordered by trees (Wikipedia).
- A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
- The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict:
- They said nothing further, but tramped on in the growing darkness, past farm steadings, into the little village, through the silent churchyard where generations of the Pallisers lay, and up the beech avenue that led to Northrop Hall.
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- A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
- There are several avenues by which we can approach this problem.
- 2016 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport:
- Alexis Sanchez hit the crossbar for Barcelona early on and Pedro hit the post in the dying seconds - while Cole cleared off the line from Cesc Fabregas. Goalkeeper Petr Cech also saved well from Messi and Carles Puyol as Pep Guardiola's team tried every avenue in an attempt to break Chelsea down.
Usage notes
Sometimes used interchangeably with other terms such as street. When distinguished, an avenue is generally broad and tree-lined. Further, in many American cities laid out on a grid, notably Manhattan, streets run east-west, while avenues run north-south.
In French traditionally used for routes between two places within a city, named for the destination (or formally where it is coming from), as in the archetypal Avenue des Champs-Elysées. This distinction is not observed in English, where names such as “Fifth Avenue” are common.
Synonyms
Translations
broad street
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way or opening; a passage
principal approach to a house withdrawn from the road
Danish
Etymology
Borrowing from French avenue, from Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin adveniō, advenīre (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veniō, venīre (“come”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /avəny/, [ævəˈny]
Noun
avenue c (singular definite avenuen, plural indefinite avenuer)
Inflection
Inflection of avenue
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | avenue | avenuen | avenuer | avenuerne |
| genitive | avenues | avenuens | avenuers | avenuernes |
French
Etymology
From Old French avenue, feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”), from Latin adveniō, advenīre (“come to”), from ad (“to”) + veniō, venīre (“come”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.v(ə.)ny/
Noun
avenue f (plural avenues)
- avenue (broad street, especially bordered with trees)
- (specifically) a radial avenue (an avenue radiating from a central point, especially bordered with trees)
- (dated) avenue (principal walk or approach to a house or other building)
- (figuratively) avenue (means by which something may be accomplished)
Derived terms
Adjective
avenue
- feminine singular of avenu