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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

local

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lo-kal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Venue/ˈvɛn.juː/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #6500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O concerto acontecerá em um local popular no centro."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A place where an event or meeting is held.

    "The concert will take place at a popular venue downtown."
  2. 2

    The location where a legal case is tried.

    "The venue for the trial was changed due to public interest."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'venue' meaning 'a coming, arrival,' which itself stems from the Latin verb 'venire' meaning 'to come.' In English, it originally referred to the place where a legal action was tried (15th century), and later evolved to denote the specific location where any event, meeting, or public gathering takes place (18th century).

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