venue

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈvɛnjuː/

Definition of venue

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
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noun

  1. A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
  2. 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.”
  3. (obsolete)A bout; a hit; a turn.
  4. 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 poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.”
  5. (broadly)The place where something happens.
    “The metalworking forum is not the appropriate venue for this discussion about politics.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English venu, from Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of the verb venir (to come). Doublet of veny.

Anagrams of venue

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4-letter words

1 word

3-letter words

3 words

2-letter words

4 words

Hooks

2 extensions · 1 front · 1 back

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