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Synonyms for venue

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ven-yoo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛn yu


Définition of venue

Origin :
  • early 14c., "a coming for the purpose of attack," from Old French venue "coming," from fem. past participle of venir "to come," from Latin venire "to come," from PIE root *gwa- "to go, come" (cf. Old English cuman "to come;" see come). The sense of "place where a case in law is tried" is first recorded 1530s. Extended to locality in general, especially "site of a concert or sporting event" (1857). Change of venue is from Blackstone (1768).
  • noun scene
Example sentences :
  • Western Starr suggested that he arrange for a change of venue.
  • Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.
  • If you change the venue to Etruria, the same arguments will apply.
  • Extract from : « Tradition » by John Francis Arundell
  • Ulick lived at the Maison Felic, but liked a change of menu and venue.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • Sismondi was blind to the fact that the venue has been changed altogether.
  • Extract from : « The Accumulation of Capital » by Rosa Luxemburg
  • "Only the venue changed to shipboard," gasped I against the wind.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.--April, 1851--Vol. II. » by Various
  • But the instructor denied my petition for a change of venue.
  • Extract from : « Major Prophets of To-Day » by Edwin E. Slosson
  • Attlebury had skilfully shifted the venue and changed the tribunal.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Maxon Protests » by Anthony Hope
  • Let us pass over two or three months and change the venue entirely.
  • Extract from : « Barren Honour: A Novel » by George A. Lawrence
  • The venue must be chosen according as a man proposes to hunt on horse or on foot.
  • Extract from : « The African Colony » by John Buchan
  • One regrets the change of venue when the story is carried to Paris.
  • Extract from : « Critical Studies » by Ouida

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