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
- 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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