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AVENUE

\ˈavənjˌuː], \ˈavənjˌuː], \ˈa_v_ə_n_j_ˌuː]\

Definitions of AVENUE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
A broad street; as, the Fifth Avenue in New York.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
A broad street; as, the Fifth in New York.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A way of approach; a wide roadway or drive.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A way; alley of trees; wide street.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A broad road.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

An entrance or approach to a place; an alley planted with trees, leading to a house; a wide street.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A passage; a road to; an entrance into; a shady walk under trees.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. [Latin] An entrance to any place; passage; â€“a walk in a park or garden, usually planted with trees.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A way by which any place may be entered; an alley, or walk of trees before a house.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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