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venue
- /ˈvɛnjuː/
Rhymes with -ɛnjuː, -uː
Where it comes from
From Middle English venu, from Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of the verb venir (to come). Doublet of veny.
noun venues
- A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
- A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes. The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made.
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A bout; a hit; a turn.
Similar: venew
- A stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held. With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with pop
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The place where something happens; especially, one formally recognized as an appropriate one for that occurrence.
Near-synonym: setting
Similar: setting
- A group of vultures. In as little as twenty minutes, a venue of vultures can rip apart and dispose of an eight-hundred-pound cow carcass.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: locus, locale, theater, platform, theatre, arena, scene, drama, gallery, host, museum, effected, forum, clubhouse, installation, workplace
Translations
Every language
noun place, especially the one where a given event is to happen
| Español | sala, anfitrión, paraje, recinto, sede, local |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 地點 /地点 dìdiǎn, 場地 /场地 chǎngdì, 場所 /场所 chǎngsuǒ |
| Português | sala de eventos, salão de eventos, local |
| Français | lieu, salle |
| Deutsch | Schauplatz, Örtlichkeit, Stätte, Austragungsort, Aufführungsort, Aufführungsstätte |
| Italiano | scena, luogo, auditorium |
| Română | locație |
| Русский | ме́сто встре́чи mésto vstréči, ме́сто сбо́ра mésto sbóra |
noun legal: place in which anything is alleged to have happened
| Español | escena |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Tatort |
| Italiano | luogo, territorio, giurisdizione |
noun sport venue
| Español | cancha |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Austragungsort, Spielstätte, Arena, Stadion |
| Italiano | arena, stadio |
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title = {venue},
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