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avenue

[ av-uh-nyoo, -noo ]

noun

  1. a wide street or main thoroughfare.
  2. a means of access or attainment:

    avenues of escape; avenues to greater power.

  3. a way or means of entering into or approaching a place:

    the various avenues to India.

  4. Chiefly British.
    1. a wide, usually tree-lined road, path, driveway, etc., through grounds to a country house or monumental building.
    2. a suburban, usually tree-lined residential street.


avenue

/ 藞忙惫瑟藢苍箩耻藧 /

noun

    1. a broad street, often lined with trees
    2. capital as part of a street name a road, esp in a built-up area

      Shaftesbury Avenue

  1. a main approach road, as to a country house
  2. a way bordered by two rows of trees

    an avenue of oaks

  3. a line of approach

    explore every avenue

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of avenue1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; from French, literally, 鈥渁pproach,鈥 noun use of feminine past participle of avenir, from Latin 补诲惫别苍墨谤别 鈥渢o come to.鈥 See a- 5, venue
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of avenue1

C17: from French, from avenir to come to, from Latin 补诲惫别苍墨谤别, from 惫别苍墨谤别 to come
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Over the years, Pakistan and India have pursued competing legal avenues under the treaty brokered by the World Bank.

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Unaccompanied minors face a new reality under the Trump administration as they lose avenues to legal representation and fears grow about expediting removals.

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Climate change 鈥渋s a statistical thing that requires a fair amount of complexity, which leaves the human mind lots of avenues to escape from it,鈥 Brosch told Salon in a video call.

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The initiative hopes to turn an economic problem into an economic solution by giving older people a fun avenue to spend more.

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鈥淚t will require cooperation across the border. It will require diplomacy and long-term funding from both governments, so it鈥檚 necessary to find those avenues to work with the Mexican government as well.鈥

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