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ad·dress  (-drs)

tr.v. ad·dressed, ad·dress·ing, ad·dress·es

1. To speak to: addressed me in low tones.

2. To make a formal speech to.

3. To direct (a spoken or written message) to the attention of: address a protest to the faculty senate.

4. To mark with a destination: address a letter.

5.

a. To direct the efforts or attention of (oneself): address oneself to a task.

b. To deal with: addressed the issue of absenteeism.

6. To dispatch or consign (a ship, for example) to an agent or factor.

7. Sports To adjust and aim the club at (a golf ball) in preparing for a stroke.

n.

1. also (drs)

a. A description of the location of a person or organization, as written or printed on mail as directions for delivery: wrote down the address on the envelope.

b. The location at which a particular organization or person may be found or reached: went to her address but no one was home.

2. also (drs) Computer Science

a. A name or number used in information storage or retrieval that is assigned to a specific memory location.

b. The memory location identified by this name or number.

c. A name or a sequence of characters that designates an e-mail account or a specific site on the Internet or other network.

3. A formal spoken or written communication.

4. A formal speech.

5. Courteous attentions. Often used in the plural.

6. The manner or bearing of a person, especially in conversation.

7. Skill, deftness, and grace in dealing with people or situations. See Synonyms at tact.

8. The act of dispatching or consigning a ship, as to an agent or a factor.

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[Middle English adressen, to direct, from Old French adresser, from Vulgar Latin *addrctire : Latin ad-, ad- + Vulgar Latin *drctire, to straighten (from Latin drctus; see direct).]

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address

Noun

1. the place at which someone lives

2. the conventional form by which the location of a building is described

3. a formal speech

4. Computers a number giving the location of a piece of stored information

Verb

1. to mark (a letter or parcel) with an address

2. to speak to

3. to direct one's attention to (a problem or an issue)

4. address oneself to

a. to speak or write to

b. to apply oneself to: we have got to address ourselves properly to this problem [Latin ad- to + directus direct]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	address - (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored computer address, reference computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures computer code, code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions parameter, argument - (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program uniform resource locator, universal resource locator, URL - the address of a web page on the world wide web
	2.	address - the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with mailing address - the address where a person or organization can be communicated with street address - the address where a person or organization can be found abode, residence - any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" business address - the address at which a business is located geographic point, geographical point - a point on the surface of the Earth
	3.	address - the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" speech body - the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short" introduction - the first section of a communication close, closing, ending, conclusion, end - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." speech act - the use of language to perform some act allocution - (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts colloquium - an address to an academic meeting or seminar dithyramb - a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing impromptu - an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated" inaugural, inaugural address - an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) lecture, public lecture, talk - a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" litany - any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures" oratory - addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory" oral presentation, public speaking, speechmaking, speaking - delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking" preaching, sermon, discourse - an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
	4.	address - the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain" manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
	5.	address - a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described street sign - a sign visible from the street
	6.	address - written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location name and address, destination postal code, postcode, ZIP code, ZIP - a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail letter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" instruction, direction - a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" return address - the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered
	7.	address - the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes stance - standing posture
	8.	address - social skill savoir-faire tact, tactfulness - consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
Verb	1.	address - speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" turn to communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" ask - address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother" address, call - greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"
	2.	address - give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" speak blaze away - speak with fire and passion; "He blazed away at his opponents in the Senate" memorialise, memorialize - address in a memorial; "The President memorialized the heroes of the battle" keynote - give the keynote address to (an audience) harangue - deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
	3.	address - put an address on (an envelope) direct misaddress, misdirect - put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter" instrument - address a legal document to re-address - put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding label - assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"
	4.	address - direct a question at someone target, direct, aim, place, point - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
	5.	address - address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
	6.	address - greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name" call address, turn to - speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" call, name - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
	7.	address - access or locate by address           computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures access - obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
	8.	address - act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" deal, plow, handle, treat, cover broach, initiate - bring up a topic for discussion theologise, theologize - treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character discourse, discuss, talk about - to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover - include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"
	9.	address - speak to someone                     accost, come up to greet, recognise, recognize - express greetings upon meeting someone approach - make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters" come, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
	10.	address - adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes align, aline, adjust, line up - place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"

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address

noun 1. direction, label, inscription, superscription

noun 2. location, home, place, house, point, position, situation, site, spot, venue, lodging, pad (slang) residence, dwelling, whereabouts, abode, locus, locale, domicile

noun 3. speech, talk, lecture, discourse, sermon, dissertation, harangue, homily, oration, spiel (informal) disquisition

verb 4. give a speech to, talk to, speak to, lecture, discourse, harangue, give a talk to, spout to, hold forth to, expound to, orate to, sermonize to

verb 5. speak to, talk to, greet, hail, salute, invoke, communicate with, accost, approach, converse with, apostrophize, korero N.Z.

address yourself to something concentrate on, turn to, focus on, take up, look to, undertake, engage in, take care of, attend to, knuckle down to, devote yourself to, apply yourself to

Translations

address [əˈdrɛs] n → dirección f; señas fpl (= speech); discurso;

(COMPUT) → dirección f

vt [+ letter] → dirigir (= speak to); dirigirse a, dirigir la palabra a;

form of address → tratamiento;

absolute/relative address (COMPUT) → dirección f absoluta/relativa;

to address o.s. to sth [+ issue, problem] → abordar

address [əˈdrɛs] n → adresse f (= talk); discours m, allocution f

vt → adresser (= speak to); s'adresser à;

my address is ... → mon adresse, c'est ...;

form of address → titre m;

what form of address do you use for ...? → comment s'adresse-t-on à ...?;

to address (o.s. to) sth [+ problem, issue] → aborder qch;

absolute/relative address (Comput) → adresse absolue/relative

address [əˈdrɛs] n → Adresse f;

(speech) → Ansprache f

vt → adressieren;

(speak to) (person) → ansprechen: (audience) → sprechen zu;

form of address → (Form f der) Anrede f;

what form of address do you use for ...? → wie redet man ... an?;

absolute/relative address (Comput) → absolute/relative Adresse;

to address (o.s. to) (problem) → sich befassen mit

address [əˈdrɛs] n (gen), (COMPUT) → indirizzo (= talk); discorso

vt → indirizzare (= speak to); fare un discorso a;

form of address (gen) → formula di cortesia;

(in letters) → formula d'indirizzo or di intestazione;

to address o.s. to sth → indirizzare le proprie energie verso qc;

absolute/relative address (COMPUT) → indirizzo assoluto/relativo

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address

v address [əˈdres]

1 to put a name and address on (an envelope etc) Address the parcel clearly. adresseer يُعَنْوِن الرِّسَالَه адресирам napsat adresu adressere adressieren γράφω όνομα και διεύθυνση poner la dirección, dirigir adresseerima آدرس نوشتن varustaa nimellä ja osoitteella mettre l'adresse sur לִכְתוֹב כְּתוֹבֶת, מַעַן पता लिखना adresirati megcímez memberi alamat merkja heimilisfangi indirizzare 宛名を記す 주소를 쓰다 adresuoti adresēt letak alamat adresseren adressere adresować endereçar a scrie numele şi adresa адресовать adresovať, napísať adresu nasloviti adresirati adressera เขียนชื่อที่อยู่ adres yazmak 在(信封上)寫姓名、地址 адресувати پتہ لکھنا đề địa chỉ 在（信封上）写姓名、地址

2 to speak or write to I shall address my remarks to you only. rig tot يُوَجِّـه الكَلَام، يُخَاطِب обръщам се към adresovat, určit rette (mine) ord; henvende (mig) til richten (an) απευθύνομαι σε κπ. dirigir a adresseerima نوشتن به osoittaa adresser à לְהַפנוֹת אֶל भाषण देना uputiti (beszédet) intéz (vkihez) menujukan ávarpa; beina (máli/skrifum til) indirizzare ～に向けて言う, 書く 연설하다, 편지를 보내다 skirti uzrunāt menujukan richten henvende seg til kierować dirigir(-se a) a (se) adresa обращаться к adresovať, určiť (niekomu) obrniti se na uputiti rikta, ställa พูดกับหรือเขียนถึง hitap etmek 對...講話或給...寫信 звертатися مخاطب ہونا nói với hay viết cho ai 向...讲话或给...写信

[(American ) ˈӕdres] n

1 the name of the house, street, town etc where a person lives His address is 30 Main St, Edinburgh. adres عُنْوَان адрес adresa adresse die Adresse διεύθυνση dirección, señas aadress نشانی؛ آدرس osoite adresse כְּתוֹבֶת, מַעַן पता adresa cím alamat heimilisfang indirizzo 住所 주소 adresas adrese alamat adres adresse adres endereço adresă адрес adresa naslov adresa adress ที่อยู่ adres 地址 адреса پتہ ، سرنانواں địa chỉ 地址

2 a speech He made a long and boring address. rede خِطَاب реч projev tale Ansprache ομιλία, λόγος discurso, alocución kõne سخنرانی puhe discours נְאוּם भाषण govor beszéd pidato, sambutan, amanat ræða, ávarp discorso 演説 연설 kalba uzruna ucapan toespraak tale wystąpienie, przemówienie discurso discurs речь prejav, príhovor nagovor obraćanje anförande, föredrag สุนทรพจน์ konuşma 演說 звернення; виступ تقریر ، خطبہ bài diễn văn 演说

n ˌaddresˈsee [ӕd-]

the person to whom a letter etc is addressed. geadresseerde المُرْسَل إلَيه адресат adresát adressat der/die Adressat(in) παραλήπτης destinatario adressaat گیرنده نامه؛ مخاطب vastaanottaja destinataire נִמְעָן जिसको पत्र लिखा जाए adresant címzett si alamat viðtakandi destinatario 受信人 수취인 adresatas adresāts penerima geadresseerde mottaker, adressat adresat destinatário destinatar адресат adresát naslovljenec primalac adressat ผู้รับ alıcı 收信人 адресат مخاطب، مکتوب الیہ) người nhận 收信人