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venue.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvɛnjuː/
  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.

  3. A bout; a hit; a turn.

    obsolete
  4. A stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.

  5. The place where something happens; especially, one formally recognized as an appropriate one for that occurrence.

    broadly
    The metalworking forum is not the venue for this discussion about politics.
    A care transition often involves a change in venue, which presents a risk of missed follow-up.
  6. A group of vultures.

    collective
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.