venue
/ˈvɛnjuː/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
noun
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.
noun
A stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
noun
The place where something happens; especially, one formally recognized as an appropriate one for that occurrence.
Example Sentences
- "The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made."
- "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 poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets."
- "Near-synonym: setting"
- "The metalworking forum is not the venue for this discussion about politics."
- "A care transition often involves a change in venue, which presents a risk of missed follow-up."
- "In as little as twenty minutes, a venue of vultures can rip apart and dispose of an eight-hundred-pound cow carcass."
Etymology
From Middle English venu, from Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of the verb venir (to come). Doublet of veny.
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Wiktionary places this term in Music.
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Frequently Paired Words
lay a venue
bienvenue