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address

/æˈdɹɛs/

noun

Meaning

  • Direction.

  • Preparation.

Synonyms

adroitness,
discourse,
harangue,
ingenuity,
lecture,
oration,
petition,
readiness,
speech,
tact

verb

Meaning

  • 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).

Synonyms

beclothe,
dight,
put on,
put the moves on,
romance