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avenue definition

av·enue (av′ə no̵̅o̅′, -nyo̵̅o̅′)

noun

    1. a roadway, pathway, or drive, often bordered with trees
    2. Brit. such a roadway, etc. leading from the main road to the house on an estate
  2. a way of approach to something books are avenues to knowledge
  3. ☆ a street, esp. a wide, principal one; often, one running at right angles to others called “streets”

Etymology: Fr < avenir, to happen, come < L advenire: see advent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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