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Definitions: Venue |
VenueNoun1. The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting). 2. In law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "venue" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references) |
Etymology: Venue \Ven"ue\, noun. [French expression venue coming, arrival, from venir to come, from Latin expression venire; hence, in English, the place whither the jury are summoned to come. See Come, and compare to Venew, Veney.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | The place where a suit or charge is brought to court, generally the place or jurisdiction where the alleged wrong was committed. (references) |
Law | The geographical location in which a case is tried. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: VenueSynonyms: locale (n), locus (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Focus | Noun: focus; point of convergence; corradiation; center; gathering place, resort haunt retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club; depot; (store); trysting place; place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation; point de reunion; issue. |
Situation | Place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts; ground; bearings; (direction); spot; (limited space). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Venue |
| English words defined with "venue": To lay a venue ♦ Visne. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "venue": botwar ♦ LAN party ♦ setting-up period, setup time. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "venue": Venew. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Venue" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (arrival, grew). |
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Screenplays | A picnic! First of all, daylight. That's kind of a new venue, Buffywise. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Nouvelle venue (1972) Je suis venue te dire (1996) Venue India (1982) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | In a change of venue from peering at the distant universe, the Hubble telescope has taken a ...Credit: NASA. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This Consensus Development Conference, the first sponsored by the NIH on dental caries, provided an excellent venue to describe the great success that has been achieved in reducing caries prevalence. (references) | |
Business | Singapore often serves as a venue for both showcasing and warehousing equipment. (references) | |
An important venue for sales promotion in the Saudi Arabia is participation in trade shows and exhibitions. (references) | ||
Similarly, local trade shows represent a good venue for foreign companies to demonstrate their equipment and their products. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Zambia | The police may advise the organizers that the time or venue is inopportune. (references) |
Bangladesh | The Awami League's youth front then announced a rally at the same venue at the same time, leading to a clash between activists. (references) | |
Kyrgyz Republic | For example, in October Bishkek municipal authorities refused to issue permits to allow a congress of major opposition parties to use a public venue to hold its first meeting. (references) | |
Economic History | Moldova | Trade shows represent another venue for entering the Moldovan market. (references) |
Croatia | Only three U.S. companies have submitted to arbitration in this venue since its founding. (references) | |
Ghana | Where the parties do not agree on a venue for arbitration, the investor's choice prevails. (references) | |
Human Rights | Syria | The venue for a civilian defendant is decided by a military prosecutor. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | The prosecution must justify closing the proceedings to the public in such cases, and the Attorney General determines the venue. (references) | |
Mauritania | The trial was marred by numerous irregularities, including a questionable last-minute change of venue, contradictory prosecution witnesses, and a lack of physical evidence. (references) | |
Political Economy | Moldova | Another venue for improved business-to-business communication is the Trade and Industry Chamber of Moldova that unites about 800 members. (references) |
Sudan | On April 10, government authorities ordered church authorities to move the event to a venue that had insufficient space and was located on the outskirts of Khartoum in an area surrounded by mosques on the grounds that Islamic groups had made threats to disrupt the event. (references) | |
Travel | Philippines | Dress is according to venue. (references) |
Women | Cameroon | In cases of divorce, the husband's wishes determine the custody of children over the age of 6. While a man may be convicted of adultery only if the sexual act takes place in his home, a female may be convicted without respect to venue. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Regis Philbin | You know, it's a different kind of fun. It's a different kind of venue. It gives me a chance to see the people who watch during the week, you know. |
Rosie O'Donnell | Yeah, well, I like to encourage young performers who wouldn't maybe have a venue without our show, yeah. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Venue" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.56% of the time. "Venue" is used about 1,112 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.56% | 1,096 | 6,892 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.72% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.36% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.27% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,112 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "venue": change of venue ♦ To lay a venue. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "venue": same-venue, single-venue, small-venue. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
venue | 108 |
venue finder | 40 |
club night venue | 34 |
venue finding | 33 |
conference venue | 22 |
wedding venue | 20 |
ben venue | 19 |
venue seating chart | 17 |
change of venue | 15 |
venue search | 14 |
finder free venue | 13 |
finding uk venue | 13 |
training venue | 12 |
party stag venue | 11 |
club night toronto venue | 11 |
conference finder uk venue | 9 |
ben laboratory venue | 9 |
chain reaction venue | 9 |
club venue | 9 |
concert venue | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "venue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vendtakim (hangout, junction), vendgjarje, vend i zhvillimit të gjyqit, skenë e krimit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مكان الدعوى, مكان (area, locale, locality, locus, place, position, room, seat, site, space, spot), موقع اللقاء, موقع الجريمة, مسرح الحوادث. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сборище (rendezvous, repair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 地点 (location). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | místo konání soudního řízení, místo (accommodation, appointment, instead of, job, locus, part, place, post, room, situation, space, spot, stand, standing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mødested (conference site, congress venue), lokalitet (conference site, congress venue, site, station). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | plaats(van samenkomst) (conference site, congress venue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | محل وقوع جرم یادعوی(حق.), محل دادرسی , مدن , حمله (Access, Assault, Attack, Charge, Inroad, Offense, Offensive, Onrush, Onset, Onslaught, Rush, Sally, Spell), حوزه صلاحیت دادگاه , غاز (Goose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lieu du procès, lieu de rendez-vous, lieu de la réunion, lieu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gerichtsstand. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βενιού, τόποσ συναντήσεωσ, τόποσ εγκλήματοσ, τόποσ δίκησ εγκλήματοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקום מפ'ש, מקום "משפט. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | találkozóhely (meeting point, rendezvous, rvz, tryst, trysting-place). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sede (address, head office, headquarters, locus, office, seat), luogo designato, giurisdizione (jurisdiction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 개최지. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ynnyd vingey, ynnyd loght, laaragh (building plot, centre, centric, centrical, site, stage), boayl chaglym. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enuevay ponto de encontro, local de reunião, local de julgamento, foro (due, forward, judgement, law book, rent, royalty, tax, tribunal). (various references) loc de judecatã, loc de întâlnire (haunt, meet, rendezvous, resort). (various references) судебный округ, место сбора (meet). (various references) mesto suđenja, mesto izvršenja krivičnog dela, mesto iz kojeg je uzeta porota. (various references) lugar del proceso, lugar de encuentro (café). (various references) spelplats, mötesplats (by-pass lane, close, lay-by, passing bay, passing place, rendezvous, tryst, turn-out), jurisdiktionsort. (various references) yarış alanı (gymkhana, racing circuit), olay yeri (locale, scene, scene of accident, scene of crime, setting, spot), mahkeme yeri, cinayet mahalli, buluşma yeri (haunt, meeting place, place of resort, rendezvous, tryst, trysting place). (various references) судова округа, місце зустрічі (tryst). (various references) nơi hẹn gặp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | venire. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | venue. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "venue": venues. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "venue": avenue, parvenue, revenue. (additional references) | |
Words containing "venue": avenues, parvenues, revenued, revenuer, revenuers, revenues. (additional references) | |
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"Venue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enue, fenue, genue, menue, renue, vanke, vanu, Vanua, vauna, veau, Vence, vende, vene, venee, veneen, venez, venine, venise, venle, veno, venow, vente, ventu, ventue, venu, venuer, venuey, venum, venus, venuw, veque, veu, veue, veuse, veyne, vinue, Vnup. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "venue" (pronounced ve"nyuw) |
| 4 | -e" n y uw | ingenue, menu. |
| 3 | -n y uw | continue, discontinue. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-n-u-v" | |
-1 letter: even, neve. | |
-2 letters: eve, nee, vee. | |
-3 letters: en, ne, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-n-u-v" | |
+1 letter: avenue, uneven, vendue, venues, venule. | |
+2 letters: avenues, nervule, nervure, revenue, subvene, unlevel, unnerve, unreeve, unvexed, unweave, veinule, vendues, venture, venules. | |
+3 letters: duvetine, duvetyne, eventful, eventual, juvenile, maneuver, nervules, nervures, nouvelle, parvenue, revenual, revenued, revenuer, revenues, subvened, subvenes, unenvied, unevaded, unevener, unevenly, universe, unlevels, unlevied, unnerved, unnerves, unreeved, unreeves, unserved, unveiled, unveined, unversed, unweaves, veinules, veinulet, vendeuse, vengeful, ventured, venturer, ventures, venulose, verecund. | |
+4 letters: adventure, duvetines, duvetynes, endeavour, eventuate, gerundive, juveniles, maneuvers, manoeuvre, parvenues, revenuers, suaveness, supervene, unavenged, unaverage, unbeloved, uncovered, undeceive, unevenest, unevolved, universes, unleveled, unraveled, unreeving, unreserve, unrevised, vagueness, veinulets, vendeuses, venturers, virulence, volunteer. | |
+5 letters: adventured, adventurer, adventures, aventurine, devoutness, divulgence, eigenvalue, endeavours, equivalent, eventfully, eventually, eventuated, eventuates, everduring, evonymuses, gerundives, interfluve, maneuvered, maneuverer, manoeuvred, manoeuvres, mavourneen, overburden, overburned, overfunded, overhunted, overinsure, overturned, purveyance, rejuvenate, rendezvous, revengeful, supernovae, supervened, supervenes, suspensive, turnverein, unachieved, unbeliever, uncoercive, uncreative, undeceived, undeceives, undercover, undervalue, undeserved, unenviable, unevenness, uneventful, unleavened, unleveling, unlevelled, unlovelier, unobserved, unravelled, unrelieved, unreserved, unreserves, unresolved, unrevealed, unreviewed, untraveled, unverified, vengefully, virulences, volunteers, vulnerable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 6E 75 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . -. ..- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01101110 01110101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e n u e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 006E 0075 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5671808771 |
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