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Collocations for avenue - noun

1. wide street

ADJECTIVE

broad, wide
leafy (esp. BrE), tree-lined

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avenue + VERB

be lined with sth
an avenue lined with elms

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PREPOSITION

along an/the avenue, down an/the avenue, up an/the avenue
We were strolling down a tree-lined avenue.
in an/the avenue (BrE), on an/the avenue (esp. AmE)
a house in Acacia Avenue
an office building on Fifth Avenue

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2. way of doing/getting sth

ADJECTIVE

possible, potential, promising
fruitful, productive

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VERB + avenue

explore, pursue, try
We need to explore every possible avenue.
exhaust
After two months of negotiations we had exhausted all avenues.
open, open up, provide

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avenue + VERB

be open to sb
There was only one avenue open to him.

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PREPOSITION

avenue for
to provide a new avenue for research
avenue of
We will need to seek other avenues of growth.
the two main avenues of enquiry (BrE)
avenue to
an avenue to success

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