address

Plural: addresses

Noun

• (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
• the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
• the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
  • "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
• the manner of speaking to another individual
  • "he failed in his manner of address to the captain"
• a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
• written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
• the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
• social skill
• Direction.
• Guidance; help.
• Direction.
• A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
• Direction.
• A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
• Direction.
• A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.
• Direction.
• A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.
• A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
• Direction.
• An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
• Direction.
• A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
• Direction.
• The location of a property.
• Direction.
• A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory.
• Direction.
• A string of characters identifying a node or range of nodes on a network (especially the Internet), such as an e-mail address, IP address or URL.
• Preparation.
• Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability.
• Preparation.
• The act of getting ready; preparation.
• Preparation.
• The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.

Verb

Verb Forms: addressed, addrest, addressing, addresses

• To speak to a person or assembly.
• speak to
  • "He addressed the crowd outside the window"
• give a speech to
  • "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
• put an address on (an envelope)
• direct a question at someone
• address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
• greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
  • "He always addresses me with `Sir'"
• access or locate by address
• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
• speak to someone
• adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
• To prepare oneself.
• To direct speech.
• To aim; to direct.
• To prepare or make ready.
• To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
• To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
• To clothe or array; to dress.
• To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
• To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
• To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
• To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
• To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
• To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
• To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
• To refer to a location in computer memory.
• To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

Examples

• a man of pleasing or insinuating address
• He addressed a letter.
• He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.
• He had to address the dictionary to prove his strange word was valid.
• I went to his address but there was nobody there.
• The President's address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
• The program will crash if there is no valid data stored at that address.
• The ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.

Synonyms

accost, call, come up to, computer address, cover, deal, destination, direct, handle, name and address, plow, reference, savoir-faire, speak, speech, treat, turn to, accouter, address, apparel, array, attire, beau, beclothe, bedear, chase after, clothe, court, dight, don, dress, endear, enrobe, equip, invest, make love, network address, pitch woo, put on, put the moves on, robe, romance, slip on, solicit, spark, speak to, vest, woo

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