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to open a new avenue

to open a new avenue

4.9
Create new ways to make progress or grow
  • idiom
translation icon : abrir nuevas oportunidades
  • It is against this background that one should consider a unique initiative undertaken by the Women Education and Research Centre (WERC) in Colombo, which seeks to open a new avenue of employment for women in Jaffna.

Examples

  • The new software will open a new avenue for businesses to improve their customer service.

  • Riechard (1993) opened a new avenue for research when he proposed a "fear model" of risk perception.

    Academic text (1994)

  • This policy change aims to open a new avenue for economic growth in the region.

  • The discovery of a new treatment could open a new avenue for patients suffering from chronic illness.

Synonyms

to open up
vsto open a new avenue
207 3.7

Make something available for people to use

focuses on creating new opportunities and development rather than mere availability
to open doors
vsto open a new avenue
53 3.2

Give someone new chances to succeed

is broader and creates new possibilities for progress and development
to broaden horizons
vsto open a new avenue
5 3.7

To learn new things and try new experiences

creates concrete possibilities for development rather than personal growth only
to blaze a trail
vsto open a new avenue
  • Informal
4 5.3

To do something new first so other people can follow

creates new chances for progress without necessarily being the first

Antonyms

to close out
1 6.5

Prevent a chance or option from being used

How Promising

to open a new avenue
4.9
to suggest
∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

open a new avenue infinitive

Morphology

open + a + new + avenue

The meaning 'to create new opportunities' is directly derivable from combining 'open' (to make available), 'new' (novel), and 'avenue' (a route or approach), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the sense. The metaphorical use of 'avenue' as an approach/opportunity is common and cross-linguistically predictable, making the phrase compositional rather than idiomatic.

Etymology

The phrase open a new avenue comes from the idea of opening a new avenue or street. When a new road is made, people can reach new places, so the phrase means 'create new opportunities'.