• Venue

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈvÉ›njuː/
    • Rhymes: -É›njuː

    Origin

    From Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of venir.

    Full definition of venue

    Noun

    venue

    (plural venues)
    1. A place, especially the one where a given event is to happen.
    2. (legal) 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.
      • The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. --Blackstone.
    3. (obsolete) A bout; a hit; a turn. See venew.
    4. (sports) Sport venue: a stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
      • 2011, November 10, Jeremy Wilson, England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report, With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.

    Usage notes

    In certain cases, the court has power to change the venue, which is to direct the trial to be had in a different county from that where the venue is laid.

    Synonyms

    See come, and confer venew, veney.

    Hyponyms

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