venue

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Hyponyms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Verb 2.2 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /"vEnju:/

[edit] Etymology

From Old French venue feminine past participle of verb venir.

[edit] Noun

venue (plural venues)

1. A place, especially the one where a given event is to happen.
2. (law) 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.
   • The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. --Blackstone.
3. (obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.
4. (sports) Sport venue: a stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.

[edit] Usage notes

In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid.

[edit] Synonyms

See come, and confer venew, veney.

[edit] Hyponyms

• stadium
• arena

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• lay a venue
• bienvenue

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

venue f.

1. Feminine past participle of venir.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eenuv
• neuve
• neveu