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DictionaryavenueBroad road or path
noun

avenue

AV-uh-noo/ˈævənuː/

A broad route leading toward a place.

Tall trees line the broad avenue leading toward the old palace.

Broad tree-lined city avenue.
Etymology
aLatinto, toward
+venueLatinto come

The pieces express “coming to”: an avenue was originally a way of approach. A tree-bordered approach to a country house supplied the image that broadened into a wide city street.

In context

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the avenue is lined with cinemas, cafés and restaurants, and luxury specialty shops.
Champs-Élysées, the Most Beautiful Avenue in the World

More examples

  • The shop stands on a busy downtown avenue.
  • We explored every avenue for resolving the dispute.
  • Further research may open new avenues of treatment.

Forms

avenue · avenues

Similar words

boulevard
Usually suggests a broad urban street, often with landscaped divisions.
approach
Can describe a method without suggesting a broad physical route.