ADDRESS Definition & Meaning

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address

[ noun uh-dres, ad-res; verb uh-dres ]

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noun

a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons:
the president's address on the state of the economy.
Synonyms: ,
a direction as to the intended recipient, written on or attached to a piece of mail.
the place or the name of the place where a person, organization, or the like is located or may be reached:
What is your address when you're in Des Moines?
manner of speaking to persons; personal bearing in conversation.
skillful and expeditious management; ready skill; dispatch:
to handle a matter with address.
Synonyms: , , ,
Computers.
1. a label, as an integer, symbol, or other set of characters, designating a location, register, etc., where information is stored in computer memory.
2. a set of characters designating an email account:
  Her email address ends in “.net,” not “.com.”
3. a set of characters designating the location of a website or a particular computer or other device on a network: URL
  He visits that website so often that its complete address comes up whenever he types its first letter into the address bar.
Government. a request to the executive by the legislature to remove a judge for unfitness.
Usually addresses. attentions paid by a suitor or lover; courtship.
Usually Address. the reply to the king's speech in the English Parliament.
Obsolete. preparation.

verb (used with object)

addressed, addressing.

to direct a speech or written statement to:
to address an assembly.
to use a specified form or title in speaking or writing to:
Address the president as “Mr. President.”
to direct to the attention:
He addressed his remarks to the lawyers in the audience.
to apply in speech (used reflexively, usually followed by to ):
He addressed himself to the leader.
to deal with or discuss:
to address the issues.
to put the directions for delivery on:
to address a letter.
Commerce. to consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
to direct the energy or efforts of (usually followed by to ):
He addressed himself to the task.
Computers. to direct (data) to a specified memory location in a computer.
Golf. to take a stance and place the head of the club behind (the ball) preparatory to hitting it.
Obsolete. to woo; court.
Archaic. to give direction to; aim.
Obsolete. to prepare.

verb (used without object)

Obsolete.

addressed or addrest, addressing.

to make an appeal.
to make preparations.

address

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noun

the conventional form by which the location of a building is described
the written form of this, as on a letter or parcel, preceded by the name of the person or organization for whom it is intended
the place at which someone lives
a speech or written communication, esp one of a formal nature
skilfulness or tact
archaic.
manner or style of speaking or conversation
computing a number giving the location of a piece of stored information See also direct access
government a statement of the opinions or wishes of either or both Houses of Parliament that is sent to the sovereign
the alignment or position of a part, component, etc, that permits correct assembly or fitting
usually plural expressions of affection made by a man in courting a woman

verb

to mark (a letter, parcel, etc) with an address
to speak to, refer to in speaking, or deliver a speech to
used reflexively; foll by to
1. to speak or write to
  he addressed himself to the chairman
2. to apply oneself to
  he addressed himself to the task
to direct (a message, warning, etc) to the attention of
to consign or entrust (a ship or a ship's cargo) to a factor, merchant, etc
to adopt a position facing (the ball in golf, a partner in a dance, the target in archery, etc)
to treat of; deal with
chapter 10 addresses the problem of transitivity
an archaic word for woo

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Derived Forms

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of address¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English adressen “to adorn,” from Middle French adresser; a- ⁵, dress

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of address¹

C14: (in the sense: to make right, adorn) and c15 (in the modern sense: to direct words): via Old French from Vulgar Latin ��پ�� (unattested) to make straight, direct oneself towards, from Latin ad- to + ��ī��𳦳ٳܲ� direct

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The EPA did not address questions from ProPublica about the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.

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