Meaning of venue | Babel Free

Definitions

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. The scene or setting in which something takes place; a locale: "that non-cinematic venue of popular nightmares, the discotheque" (P.J. O'Rourke).
4. A bout; a hit; a turn.
   obsolete
5. Law a. The court where a lawsuit may or should be tried, usually because the cause of action arose in that locality.
   Law
6. A stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
7. (Law) law a. the place in which a cause of action arises
   law
8. The place where something happens.
   broadly
9. a meeting place
10. any place where an organized gathering, such as a rock concert or public meeting, is held
11. chiefly US a position in an argument
    chiefly
12. Law. a. the place of a crime or cause of action.
13. the scene or locale of any action or event.
14. n (= meeting place) → Treffpunkt m; (Sport) → Austragungsort m; (Jur) → Verhandlungsort m
    n

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Examples

“The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made.”

“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.”

“The metalworking forum is not the appropriate venue for this discussion about politics.”

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