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Address   /ˈædrˌɛs/  /ədrˈɛs/   Listen
Address

noun
1.
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored.  Synonyms: computer address, reference.
2.
The place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with.
3.
The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience.  Synonym: speech.
4.
The manner of speaking to another individual.
5.
A sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described.
6.
Written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location.  Synonyms: destination, name and address.
7.
The stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball.
8.
Social skill.  Synonym: savoir-faire.
verb
(past & past part. addressed; pres. part. addressing)
1.
Speak to.  Synonym: turn to.
2.
Give a speech to.  Synonym: speak.
3.
Put an address on (an envelope).  Synonym: direct.
4.
Direct a question at someone.
5.
Address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question.
6.
Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name.  Synonym: call.  "Call me Mister" , "She calls him by first name"
7.
Access or locate by address.
8.
Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.  Synonyms: cover, deal, handle, plow, treat.  "The course covered all of Western Civilization" , "The new book treats the history of China"
9.
Speak to someone.  Synonyms: accost, come up to.
10.
Adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting.



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"Address" Quotes from Famous Books



... ships-of-war; while to protect such by main strength, or by evading the enemy's search, taxed the skill of the governments and naval commanders in distributing the ships-of-war and squadrons at their disposal, among the many objects which demanded attention. The address of Kempenfeldt and the bad management of Guichen in the North Atlantic, seconded by a heavy gale of wind, seriously embarrassed De Grasse in the West Indies. Similar injury, by cutting off small convoys in the Atlantic, was done to Suffren in the Indian seas: while the latter at once made good part ...
— The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 • A. T. Mahan
... contains the names and positions of all persons in federal employment. The second volume is devoted exclusively to the Postal Service. Very many of the government reports mentioned in this note will be sent to any address upon application. ...
— Government and Administration of the United States • Westel W. Willoughby and William F. Willoughby
... preface closes with a long doggerel rhyme, which, the translator says, he has purposely left untranslated. It is, however, beyond the shadow of a doubt original with him, as its contents prove. Yorick in the Elysian Fields is supposed to address himself, he "anticipates his fate and perceives beforehand that at least one German critic would deem him worthy ...
— Laurence Sterne in Germany • Harvey Waterman Thayer
... her importance in the interviewing world, and some glimpse of the amount of her earnings. This achieved, she breaks off breathless and reproaches you: "But, my dear man, you aren't saying anything at all. You really must say something." ("My dear man" is the favorite form of address of this sort of interviewer when she happens to be a girl.) Too often I have been tempted to reply: "Cleopatra, or Helen, which of us is being interviewed?" When he has given you a chance to talk, this sort of ...
— Your United States - Impressions of a first visit • Arnold Bennett
... cabmen and their wives. An opening hymn, in which all joined, was sung; a passage of Scripture was read, and prayer offered. A "Gospel song" was well sung by a German gentleman as a solo, and then there was a familiar address from the eloquent Court-preacher Frommel. Another prayer followed, another song, and then the ...
— In and Around Berlin • Minerva Brace Norton


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