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av·e·nue

(ăv′ə-no͞o′, -nyo͞o′)

1. Abbr. Ave. or Av. A wide street or thoroughfare.

a. A broad roadway lined with trees.

b. Chiefly British The drive leading from the main road up to a country house.

3. A means of access or approach: new avenues of trade.

[French, from Old French, arrival, from feminine past participle of avenir, to approach, from Latin advenīre, to come to; see advent.]

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avenue

(ˈævɪˌnjuː)

1. (Human Geography)

a. a broad street, often lined with trees

b. (capital as part of a street name) a road, esp in a built-up area: Shaftesbury Avenue.

2. (Human Geography) a main approach road, as to a country house

3. (Human Geography) a way bordered by two rows of trees: an avenue of oaks.

4. a line of approach: explore every avenue.

[C17: from French, from avenir to come to, from Latin advenīre, from venīre to come]

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av•e•nue

(ˈæv əˌnyu, -ˌnu)

n.

1. a wide street or main thoroughfare.

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

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

4. Chiefly Brit.

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

b. a suburban residential street.

[1590–1600; < French, literally, approach, derivative of feminine past participle of avenir < Latin advenīre to arrive]

Avenue, Avenues

a double row of trees or pillars acting as a passageway, also used figuratively.

Examples: avenues of research; of thought; of wealth.

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Noun	1.	avenue - a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding" approach, plan of attack, attack - ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided"
	2.	avenue - a wide street or thoroughfare boulevard street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"

avenue

noun

1. street, way, course, drive, road, pass, approach, channel, access, entry, route, path, passage, entrance, alley, pathway, boulevard, driveway, thoroughfare It is set in landscaped grounds at the end of a tree-lined avenue.

2. method, line, approach, direction, path He was presented with 80 potential avenues of investigation.

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avenue

noun

A course affording passage from one place to another:

boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, route, street, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way.

Translations

جادَه، شارِعطَرِيق مُشَجَّرطَريق مُشَجَّـر

авеню

třídaalej

avenue=-gadeallé

Allee

λεωφόρος

avenida

puistokatu

avenue boulevard méthode remède ressource

שׂדרה

avenija

fasor

breiîgata

viale viale alberato corso via

大通り

대로

alėjaaveniu

alejaavēnijagatve

cale

aleja

avenija

aveny (n)

ถนนสายใหญ่

bulvar cadde

đại lộ

大街林荫道

avenue

[ˈævənjuː] N

1. (= road) → avenida f, paseo m

2. (fig) → vía f, camino m
to explore every avenue → explorar todas las vías or todos los caminos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

avenue

[ˈævɪnjuː] n

(= street) → avenue f

(fig) (= approach) → piste f
to explore every avenue → explorer toutes les pistes

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

avenue

(tree-lined) → Allee f; (= broad street) → Boulevard m

(fig: = method) → Weg m; avenues of approach → Verfahrensweisen; an avenue of approach to the problem → ein Weg, das Problem anzugehen; avenue of escape → Ausweg m; to explore every avenue → alle sich bietenden Wege prüfen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

avenue

[ˈævənjuː] n → viale m (fig) → strada, via

avenue

(ˈӕvinjuː) noun

1. a road, often with trees along either side.

2. (often abbreviated to Ave . when written) a word used in the names of certain roads or streets. His address is 14 Swan Avenue.

avenue

→ طَرِيق مُشَجَّر třída avenue Allee λεωφόρος avenida puistokatu avenue avenija viale 大通り 대로 boulevard aveny aleja avenida аллея aveny (n) ถนนสายใหญ่ bulvar đại lộ 大街

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Turan hesitated a moment in the face of almost certain discovery and then, assured that they must take him for one of their own people, he moved boldly into the avenue. Having no idea of the direction in which he might best hope to find what he sought, and not wishing to arouse suspicion by further hesitation, he turned to the left and stepped briskly along the pavement with the intention of placing himself as quickly as possible beyond the observation of those nocturnal watchers.

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The rows of trees, running at right angles, enabled him to see along only one narrow avenue at a time.

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"Let's go home around by Spofford Avenue," suggested Gilbert.

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Along one broad avenue and then another he strode briskly until he had passed beyond the district of the nobles and had come to the place of shops.

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The house in itself was already an historic document, though not, of course, as venerable as certain other old family houses in University Place and lower Fifth Avenue. Those were of the purest 1830, with a grim harmony of cabbage- rose-garlanded carpets, rosewood consoles, round-arched fire-places with black marble mantels, and immense glazed book-cases of mahogany; whereas old Mrs.

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On the other side of the gate a sandy driver disappeared into an avenue of ragged and stunted elm trees, which effectually concealed any view of the house.

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My home now was upon an avenue leading into the plaza from the south, the main artery down which we had marched from the gates of the city.

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There have been two or three fine old trees cut down, that grew too near the house, and it opens the prospect amazingly, which makes me think that Repton, or anybody of that sort, would certainly have the avenue at Sotherton down: the avenue that leads from the west front to the top of the hill, you know," turning to Miss Bertram particularly as he spoke.

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We had passed within its streets and were walking toward the central portion, when at an intersecting avenue we saw a body of green warriors approaching.

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Down the avenue came boastfully sauntering a lad of sixteen years, although the chronic sneer of an ideal manhood already sat upon his lips.

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By-and- by the procession went filing down the steep descent of the main avenue, the flickering rank of lights dimly revealing the lofty walls of rock almost to their point of junction sixty feet overhead.

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Opening this also, she ran down the avenue, never lessening her speed till she stood outside the door of Lesser Hill.