Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: avenue
IPA transcription: ['ævən,u]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: avenue
    Meaning: a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to understanding"
Usage examples
  • Take Fifth Avenue Bus to Times Square.
  • Take Fifth Avenue bus, and a light lunch.
  • If it crosses Van Ness Avenue the city is gone."
  • He flew down the avenue home as fast as he could go.
  • Down a side street we raced, and along a parallel avenue toward the tunnel.
  • And up an avenue of giant place trees the peris led him, dumb with amazement.
  • In order to follow it I shall be obliged to resign from Nazareth Avenue Church."
  • From Golden Gate Avenue north the fire crossed the wide street in but one place.
  • "On Fourth Avenue," said Billy Windsor, "you can get quite good flats very cheap.
  • There was no one in the avenue; but looking round to the right he caught sight of her.