venue

venue
01. The Montreal International Jazz Festival is holding concerts this weekend in a number of different [venues] downtown.
02. The Olympic games are being held in a number of new [venues] built especially for that purpose.
03. The conference center is the [venue] for the Children's Fashion Show this year.
04. Israel and the P.L.O. have not been able to decide on an acceptable [venue] for the peace talks.
05. The new Velodrome has become the prime [venue] for cycling races on the West Coast.
06. The ski resort at Mount Whistler has become the unlikely [venue] for a major classical musical festival each summer.
07. The Fringe Festival has [venues] set up all over town for nightly theater performances.
08. The old military college is now a popular [venue] for music and arts festivals.
09. The old brick school is an excellent [venue] for the development of a new arts college.
10. The music festival had to be canceled when the principal [venue] was destroyed in a fire.
11. This nightclub is a perfect [venue] for small concerts because it is so intimate, and has excellent sound quality.
12. One of the [venues] for the upcoming Folk Music Festival has been lost due to a fire in a downtown nightclub over the weekend.
13. Cheap prices and sunny beaches have made Portugal into an increasingly popular tourist [venue].
14. The [venue] for the conference has excellent transport and parking facilities.
15. People with disabilities generally receive special discounts at sight-seeing and entertainment [venues] in England.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • venue — [ v(ə)ny ] n. f. • 1155; p. p. subst. de venir 1 ♦ Action, fait de venir (I). ⇒ arrivée . « En attendant la venue de l accusé » (Romains) . Allées et venues. 2 ♦ Littér. Action, fait de venir (III). Prédire le temps de la venue du Messie. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • venue — ven·ue / ven ˌyü/ n [Anglo French, place where a jury is summoned, alteration (influenced by venue arrival, attendance) of vinné visné, literally, neighborhood, neighbors, from Old French, ultimately from Latin vicinus neighboring] 1: the place… …   Law dictionary

  • venue — Venue. subst. fem. Arrivée. Dés que j appris sa venuë. vostre venuë en ce pays cy m a donné de la joye. On appelle, Bien venuë, L heureuse arrivée de quelqu un. Il ne se dit proprement que de la premiere fois qu on arrive en quelque endroit, ou… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • venue — Venue, Accessus, Aduentus. Grande venue de brebis et abondante, Bonus prouentus. Tout d une venue, Vno aditu. Allées et venues pour quelques affaires, Concursatio et contentio. Par la venue de son compagnon, Interuentu collegae. Ta venue m est… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Venue — Ven ue, n. [F. venue a coming, arrival, fr. venir to come, L. venire; hence, in English, the place whither the jury are summoned to come. See {Come}, and cf. {Venew}, {Veney}.] 1. (Law) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • venue — ven‧ue [ˈvenjuː] noun [countable] a place where a large event is arranged to take place: • All parts of the conference venue have access for people with disabilities. * * * venue UK US /ˈvenjuː/ noun [C] ► the place where a large or important… …   Financial and business terms

  • venue — (n.) early 14c., a coming for the purpose of attack, from O.Fr. venue coming, from fem. pp. of venir to come, from L. venire to come, from PIE root *gwa to go, come (Cf. O.E. cuman to come; see COME (Cf. come)). The sense of place …   Etymology dictionary

  • venue — [ven′yo͞o΄] n. [ME < OFr, a coming, arrival, approach < venir, to come < L venire, COME] 1. Law a) the county or locality in which a cause of action occurs or a crime is committed b) the county or locality in which a jury is drawn and a… …   English World dictionary

  • venue — is derived from a French word meaning ‘a coming’, which underlies all its English uses. It has several obsolete meanings to do with coming forward in attack (e.g. in fencing) and from the 16c referred to the place where a jury was appointed to… …   Modern English usage

  • venue — ► NOUN ▪ the place where an event or meeting is held. ORIGIN Old French, a coming , from venir come …   English terms dictionary

  • venue — (ve nue) s. f. 1°   Action de venir. •   Sa venue en ces lieux cache quelque mystère, CORN. Sertor. v, 2. •   J ai employé deux actes entiers à préparer la venue de mon scélérat, MOL. Tart. Préf.. •   Je vois bien que je vous embarrasse, et que… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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