address
/æˈdɹɛs/
Dictionary
noun
- Direction.
- Preparation.
verb
- 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).
"He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents."
- 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.
"He addressed a letter."
- To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
- To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
"The ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore."
- To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse 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).
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