avenue
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈævəˌnu/
:
avenida
- She enjoys taking long walks along the tree-lined avenue when the weather is nice.
- streets and avenues
- Fifth Avenue
- Park Avenue
W Broadway Avenue right here is, uh, notorious.
- W Broadway Avenue right here is, uh, notorious.
- Actually, they all, all these connections are there from birth, like the streets and avenues of Manhattan.
- They were all near a good avenues for egress, a highway nearby so they can get away fast.
Examples
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It's a straight shot down Fifth avenue to Grand Central.
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A long line of patrons stretches down Fifth Avenue, waiting to get into the Saturday Night Opry.
Fiction book (1990) -
People on Park Avenue are looking up.
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I'm on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and First.
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The driver turned left onto Wisconsin Avenue, which took them in the direction of Georgetown.
Fiction book (1990) -
We got through an avenue with clean, white, tended houses and tended lawns.
Academic text (2008) -
Indisputably, texting has become a significant avenue for communication and social activities among people.
Academic text (2011) -
To trudge up this wide avenue is to follow the path of countless forgotten ritual processions.
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Here, the urban landscape is defined by sprawling plazas, dense industrial zones, long avenues and more.
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Arthur Wolff and William Leichner had offices on Farmington Avenue, reflecting their staff privileges at Saint Francis Hospital.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A public road in a town or city with buildings and sidewalks
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3.5
A wide city street often lined with trees
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5.1
A main road that people use to travel between places
A short form of avenue used in addresses for street names
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How Wide
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Etymology
Avenue comes from the Latin advenire meaning 'to come to' and from French where it once meant an 'approach' or path. That idea of an 'approach' became the name for a wide street that brings you to a place, often lined with trees.