Venue: Definition, Usage & Common Examples

Meaning 1：event location (venue)

venue 🔊

/ˈvenjuː/

the specific place where an event like a concert, meeting, or game is held.

event location 🔊

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/ɪˈvent loʊˈkeɪʃən/

The specific location where a particular event, such as a performance, sports game, conference, or social gathering, takes place.

📁 Category：Buildings & Places 🔖 Level：Elementary

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'venire', meaning 'to come', via Old French.

💡 Mnemonic

Venue = VENue for yoU to attEND.

📖 Example

They chose a beautiful beachfront venue for their wedding ceremony. 🔊 They chose a beautiful beachfront venue for their wedding ceremony.

🔗 Collocations

suitable venue – An appropriate location for a specific event.

seek a venue – To look for a place to hold an event.

change the venue – To move an event to a different location.

🔄 Synonyms

location (n.) – A particular place or position.

site (n.) – The area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed; a place where an event occurs.

place (n.) – A particular position, point, or area in space.

📖 Cultural Story

The word entered English via Anglo-French legal language, referring to the neighbourhood where a crime was alleged to have occurred and the trial should be held. Over time, its meaning broadened from a legal context to any designated place for an event or gathering.