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Definitions for: Avenue [n] a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding"
[n] a wide street or thoroughfare
Webster (1913) Definition: Av"e*nue, n. [F. avenue, fr. avenir to come to, L.
advenire. See Advene.]
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withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach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 York.
Synonyms: boulevard
See Also: approach, attack, Fifth Avenue, plan of attack, street
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