avenue

avenue
noun
1 wide street
ADJECTIVE
broad, wide
leafy (esp. BrE), tree-lined
AVENUE + VERB
be lined with sth

an avenue lined with elms

PREPOSITION
along an/the avenue, down an/the avenue, up an/the avenue

We were strolling down a tree-lined avenue.

in an/the avenue (BrE), on an/the avenue (esp. AmE)

a house in Acacia Avenue

an office building on Fifth Avenue

2 way of doing/getting sth
ADJECTIVE
possible, potential, promising
fruitful, productive
VERB + AVENUE
explore, pursue, try

We need to explore every possible avenue.

exhaust

After two months of negotiations we had exhausted all avenues.

open, open up, provide
AVENUE + VERB
be open to sb

There was only one avenue open to him.

PREPOSITION
avenue for

to provide a new avenue for research

avenue of

We will need to seek other avenues of growth.

the two main avenues of enquiry (BrE)

avenue to

an avenue to success


Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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