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avenue
noun
a
wide
street
in
a
city
or
town
,
often
lined
with
trees
or
important
buildings
•
Tourists
strolled
down
the
tree-lined
avenue
at
sunset
,
taking
photos
of
the
glowing
shop
windows
.
Tourists
strolled
down
the
tree-lined
avenue
at
sunset
,
taking
photos
of
the
glowing
shop
windows
.
•
The
city
council
voted
to
add
a
bike
lane
along
Maple
Avenue
next
year
.
The
city
council
voted
to
add
a
bike
lane
along
Maple
Avenue
next
year
.
Borrowed
into
English
from
French
“
avenue
,”
originally
meaning
“
approach
”
or
“
way
of
access
”;
from
the
verb
“
avenir
” (“
to
come
”).
Its
earliest
English
use
in
the
1600s
described
a
broad
approach
to
a
country
house
,
later
extended
to
urban
streets
.
noun
a
possible
way
of
achieving
something
or
dealing
with
a
problem
•
Online
courses
offer
a
new
avenue
for
lifelong
learning
to
people
in
remote
areas
.
Online
courses
offer
a
new
avenue
for
lifelong
learning
to
people
in
remote
areas
.
•
The
scientist
explored
every
avenue
to
confirm
her
groundbreaking
theory
.
The
scientist
explored
every
avenue
to
confirm
her
groundbreaking
theory
.
The
figurative
meaning
developed
in
the
1800s
from
the
earlier
physical
sense
of
a
broad
approach
,
extending
the
idea
of
a
pathway
to
a
plan
of
action
.
