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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avenue \Av"e*nue\, n. [F. avenue, fr avenir to come to L. advenire See {Advene}.] 1. 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 avenues leading to the city by land.'' --Macaulay. On every side were expanding new avenues of inquiry. --Milman. 2. The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. An avenue of tall elms and branching chestnuts. --W. Black. 3. A broad street; as the Fifth Avenue in New York. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: avenue n 1: a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding" 2: a wide street or thoroughfare [syn: {boulevard}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Avenue, MD Zip code(s): 20609
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