1
: a way of access : route
2
: a channel for pursuing a desired object
avenues of communication
3
a
chiefly British
: the principal walk or driveway to a house situated off a main road
b
: a broad passageway bordered by trees
4
: an often broad street or road
Synonyms
Examples of avenue in a Sentence
We drove down the avenue.
We plan to pursue all available avenues to get our message to the public.
They have closed off that avenue of discussion.
a new avenue of research
Recent Examples on the Web
The boom in generative artificial intelligence, which can quickly and easily produce realistic audio, video, images and text, is creating new avenues for fraud, scams and manipulation.
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Shannon Bond, NPR, 30 May 2024
Pivotal Ventures has focused on a number of avenues to increase women’s economic and political participation and power, like closing the wage gap, compensating care work often done by women, and encouraging women to run for political office.
—Thalia Beaty, Twin Cities, 28 May 2024
Free shuttles also from Vista High School from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; return shuttles will pick up from the corner of Citrus and Eucalyptus avenues near the Vista Magnet Middle School field.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Image Some students have also become skeptical about traditional avenues of social change, like government and nonprofits, which have attracted fewer Harvard students since the pandemic, according to the Harvard Office of Institutional Research.
—Francesca Mari, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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Shannon Bond, NPR, 30 May 2024
Pivotal Ventures has focused on a number of avenues to increase women’s economic and political participation and power, like closing the wage gap, compensating care work often done by women, and encouraging women to run for political office.
—Thalia Beaty, Twin Cities, 28 May 2024
Free shuttles also from Vista High School from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; return shuttles will pick up from the corner of Citrus and Eucalyptus avenues near the Vista Magnet Middle School field.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Image Some students have also become skeptical about traditional avenues of social change, like government and nonprofits, which have attracted fewer Harvard students since the pandemic, according to the Harvard Office of Institutional Research.
—Francesca Mari, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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“Avenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avenue. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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avenue
noun
av·e·nue
ˈav-ə-ˌn(y)ü 
1
: a way or route to a place or goal : path
2
: a usually wide street
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