Avenue
noun
A wide, straight road with trees at both sides, often in a city.
We took a walk down Park Avenue.
Often appears as...
- park avenue
- fifth avenue
noun
A way to approach or enter something.
He believed that music was the best avenue to unite people.
Often appears as...
- avenue of approach
- explore avenues
noun
A line of trees or bushes forming a passage.
They drove slowly down the long avenue of oak trees.
Often appears as...
- tree-lined avenue
- beautiful avenue
noun
A wide, straight road with trees at both sides, often in a city.
We took a walk down Park Avenue.
Often appears as...
- park avenue
- fifth avenue
noun
A way to approach or enter something.
He believed that music was the best avenue to unite people.
Often appears as...
- avenue of approach
- explore avenues
noun
A line of trees or bushes forming a passage.
They drove slowly down the long avenue of oak trees.
Often appears as...
- tree-lined avenue
- beautiful avenue
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Landmark
Avenues are often key streets in cities, sometimes famous or with shops and attractions.
Fifth Avenue in New York is known for its luxury stores.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Straight
'Avenue' suggests a straight road, but in use it can refer to any major urban road.
The avenue curved around the park, lined with maple trees.
Pro Tip 3/3Greenery Implied
Avenues are often associated with tree-lined streets, adding a visual character.
They live on a picturesque avenue bordered with flowering cherry trees.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Landmark
Avenues are often key streets in cities, sometimes famous or with shops and attractions.
Fifth Avenue in New York is known for its luxury stores.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Straight
'Avenue' suggests a straight road, but in use it can refer to any major urban road.
The avenue curved around the park, lined with maple trees.
Pro Tip 3/3Greenery Implied
Avenues are often associated with tree-lined streets, adding a visual character.
They live on a picturesque avenue bordered with flowering cherry trees.
Pro Tip 1/3Urban Landmark
Avenues are often key streets in cities, sometimes famous or with shops and attractions.
Fifth Avenue in New York is known for its luxury stores.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Straight
'Avenue' suggests a straight road, but in use it can refer to any major urban road.
The avenue curved around the park, lined with maple trees.
Pro Tip 3/3Greenery Implied
Avenues are often associated with tree-lined streets, adding a visual character.
They live on a picturesque avenue bordered with flowering cherry trees.
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A radical revisioning of...
buildings you can build stadiums you can have wetlands or forests you can build big avenues or streets or you could have streetcar lines all the kinds of things that we think about all the sort of options we have in the city what's also true about cities is they have different lifestyles so there's a life style selector who's going to live in your
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Ed Boyden: A light...
There's a bit of water to motivate the mouse to move or he'll just sit there. The goal of this maze is to get out of the water and go to a little platform that's under the lit top port. Mice are smart, so this one solves the maze eventually, but he does a brute-force search. He's swimming down every avenue until he finally gets to the platform.
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Why is it so hard to...
opening up new avenues for treatment. And while that may be gradual, we’re making progress all the time. We’re currently developing new drugs, new stem cell therapies to repair damaged cells, and new gene therapies to slow the advancement of the disease. With our growing arsenal of knowledge,
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Paul Bloom: Can...
and this apparently influences people's decisions over what to do about him. So now that we know about this, how do we combat it? And there are different avenues. One avenue is to appeal to people's emotional responses, to appeal to people's empathy, and we often do that through stories.
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What is consciousness? -...
in a focused and deep manner. Scientists have already begun trying to figure out how the brain creates that self model. MRI studies are a promising avenue for pinpointing the networks involved. These studies compare patterns of neural activation
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Stop being a bystander...
This day, for me, was the day that my whole life started. I learned to navigate in two days -- and this is someone who hates numbers and sees them as hieroglyphics. It opened up avenues and opportunities to me that I could never have imagined.
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How can we solve the...
are one promising new avenue to combat bacterial infections. Developing vaccines for common infections, meanwhile, can help prevent disease in the first place. The biggest challenge to all these approaches is funding,
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Craig Venter unveils...
on understanding life at its basic level. But we actually believe this is going to be a very powerful set of tools and we're already starting in numerous avenues to use this tool. We have, at the Institute,
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Helium 101 PIPE National...
and is lost to earth forever. But by pursuing avenues of helium recycling, exploration, and storage, we may be able to protect and sustain
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
can travel safely along a living avenue they're passing at a rate of 250 000 ants an hour
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A radical revisioning of...
buildings you can build stadiums you can have wetlands or forests you can build big avenues or streets or you could have streetcar lines all the kinds of things that we think about all the sort of options we have in the city what's also true about cities is they have different lifestyles so there's a life style selector who's going to live in your
Video examples
Ed Boyden: A light...
There's a bit of water to motivate the mouse to move or he'll just sit there. The goal of this maze is to get out of the water and go to a little platform that's under the lit top port. Mice are smart, so this one solves the maze eventually, but he does a brute-force search. He's swimming down every avenue until he finally gets to the platform.
Video examples
Why is it so hard to...
opening up new avenues for treatment. And while that may be gradual, we’re making progress all the time. We’re currently developing new drugs, new stem cell therapies to repair damaged cells, and new gene therapies to slow the advancement of the disease. With our growing arsenal of knowledge,
Video examples
Paul Bloom: Can...
and this apparently influences people's decisions over what to do about him. So now that we know about this, how do we combat it? And there are different avenues. One avenue is to appeal to people's emotional responses, to appeal to people's empathy, and we often do that through stories.
Video examples
What is consciousness? -...
in a focused and deep manner. Scientists have already begun trying to figure out how the brain creates that self model. MRI studies are a promising avenue for pinpointing the networks involved. These studies compare patterns of neural activation
Video examples
Stop being a bystander...
This day, for me, was the day that my whole life started. I learned to navigate in two days -- and this is someone who hates numbers and sees them as hieroglyphics. It opened up avenues and opportunities to me that I could never have imagined.
Video examples
How can we solve the...
are one promising new avenue to combat bacterial infections. Developing vaccines for common infections, meanwhile, can help prevent disease in the first place. The biggest challenge to all these approaches is funding,
Video examples
Craig Venter unveils...
on understanding life at its basic level. But we actually believe this is going to be a very powerful set of tools and we're already starting in numerous avenues to use this tool. We have, at the Institute,
Video examples
Helium 101 PIPE National...
and is lost to earth forever. But by pursuing avenues of helium recycling, exploration, and storage, we may be able to protect and sustain
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
can travel safely along a living avenue they're passing at a rate of 250 000 ants an hour
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Timothy Murphy
American Politician
Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues; and it has not helped.
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Janet McTeer
English Actress
When you create a character, you create it for yourself - you do whatever you want. It's your job to explore it in as many different avenues as you can in order to make it a fully wounded character.
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Rajnath Singh
Indian Politician
In our effort to tackle terrorism, we should look into all possible avenues of cyber-crime, its linkages with the terrorist world, and how these could be dealt with.
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Neil Peart
Canadian Musician
What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.
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Helen Baxendale
English Actress
What was great about 'Cold Feet' is that although it flew off down all different avenues, it was really based on believing the reality of the characters.
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Jeff Green
American Athlete
Education, for me, was big. It allows me to have different avenues, job-wise, because basketball is not forever.
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Penny Hardaway
American Coach
Basketball gave me an avenue to live my dream, and I just want to help other kids live their dreams through me.
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Gutzon Borglum
American Sculptor
Art does not exist for itself; it is but an avenue through and by which humanity expresses itself.
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Nikki Reed
American Actress
I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.
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Robert Iler
American Actor
I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims.
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Timothy Murphy
American Politician
Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues; and it has not helped.
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Janet McTeer
English Actress
When you create a character, you create it for yourself - you do whatever you want. It's your job to explore it in as many different avenues as you can in order to make it a fully wounded character.
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Rajnath Singh
Indian Politician
In our effort to tackle terrorism, we should look into all possible avenues of cyber-crime, its linkages with the terrorist world, and how these could be dealt with.
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Neil Peart
Canadian Musician
What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.
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Helen Baxendale
English Actress
What was great about 'Cold Feet' is that although it flew off down all different avenues, it was really based on believing the reality of the characters.
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Jeff Green
American Athlete
Education, for me, was big. It allows me to have different avenues, job-wise, because basketball is not forever.
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Penny Hardaway
American Coach
Basketball gave me an avenue to live my dream, and I just want to help other kids live their dreams through me.
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Gutzon Borglum
American Sculptor
Art does not exist for itself; it is but an avenue through and by which humanity expresses itself.
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Nikki Reed
American Actress
I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.
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Robert Iler
American Actor
I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims.
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