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av·e·nue  (v-n, -ny)
n.
1. Abbr. Ave. or Av. A wide street or thoroughfare.
2.
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 advenre, to come to; see advent.]

avenue
Noun
1. a wide street
2. a road bordered by two rows of trees
3. a line of approach: the United States was exhausting every avenue to achieve a diplomatic solution [French, from avenir to come to]

Avenue, Avenues a double row of trees or pillars acting as a passageway, also used figuratively.
Examples: avenues of research; of thought; of wealth.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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.avenueavenue - a wide street or thoroughfare
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
Translations
Spanish avenue [ˈævənjuː] navenida;
(fig) → camino, vía

French avenue [ˈævənjuː] navenue f (fig); moyen m
German avenue [ˈævənjuː] nStraße f;
(drive) → Auffahrt f;
(means) → Weg m

Italian avenue [ˈævənjuː] nviale m

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And then Turan came to a point where the avenue turned to the right, to skirt a building that jutted from the inside of the city wall, and as he rounded the corner he came full upon two warriors standing upon either side of the entrance to a building upon his right.
The rows of trees, running at right angles, enabled him to see along only one narrow avenue at a time.
Spofford Avenue is the finest residential street in Kingsport.
 
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