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Meaning address meaning

What does address mean?
Definitions in simple English

address Noun

— An address is the location where a building is or where a person lives.

address Verb

— If you address a group, you talk in front of it. The Prime Minister will address the United Nations. — If you address a letter, you write an address on it. She addressed the envelope to "Mr. John Black."

address

— noun (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored — verb speak to He addressed the crowd outside the window — verb give a speech to The chairman addressed the board of trustees — noun the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with — verb put an address on (an envelope) — noun the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience he listened to an address on minor Roman poets — verb direct a question at someone — verb address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question — noun the manner of speaking to another individual he failed in his manner of address to the captain — noun written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location — noun a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described — noun the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball — verb adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting — verb speak to someone — verb access or locate by address — verb (= 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 — noun (= savoir-faire) social skill — verb (= cover, treat, deal) 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

Synonyms address synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as address?

address English » English

speech speak residence accost lecture talk direct discourse greet location call appeal superscription oration dwelling treat speak to sermon residency handle direction destination deal apply whereabouts tact say house domicile turn to turn title say hello resident reference process plow place housing harangue deal with allocution aim words wield wend train talk to steer send

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Topics address topics

What do people use address to talk about?
Language and thought Communication

Make speech
Language and thought Communication Say

Talk about a subject
Language and thought Communication Say Talk about a subject

Be about, subject
Work and occupation Working with buildings Building

House

  • What words refer to a description of the location of a house?
    address
Social behavior Authority Honor

Title, name of honor

Conjugation address conjugation

How do you conjugate address?

address · verb

Examples address examples

How do I use address in a sentence?

Simple sentences

If I had known her address, I could have visited her.
I will write down your name and address.
Fill in your name and address.
I gave him my address.
He changed his address.
She knew neither his address nor his phone number.
I forgot my email address.
This is my email address.
What's your email address?
Tom used to live at that address.
I know his address. But it is a secret.
Why do you keep changing your e-mail address?
Write your address here.
Please address the chair!
What's your home address?
Mr Wilder gave me your e-mail address.
If I knew her name and address, I could write to her.
If I knew her address, I would write to her.
If I knew his address, I would write to him.
I don't know my address yet, I'm going to stay with my friend for a while.
First find out her name and address.
Please give me your permanent address.
The commemorative ceremony ended with the closing address.

Movie subtitles

I think I could pull a simple address.
Do you have an address?
It was a woman, uh, wanting me to pick up her dead husband, and I wrote down the address, but I noted it wrongly, obviously, because it didn't seem to exist.
I am not to return to the office, and I need to be available for a 7:00 meeting at some random address.
Lord Beltham certainly had an address book?
Lulu, I have just arrived and expect you at 12 o'clock. Address Bergstr. 22.
Peter, address me as Helga.
The student body was waiting to be annoyed by the Dean's opening address.
But I felt I need to address myself to you.
It's 2:45, sir. and your address at the University is at 3:00.
She checked out about 8:00 this morning, didn't leave a forwarding address.
Your forwarding address?
She wouldn't tell me her name or address.
Then how should I address you?
Pardon? -Address the jury.
Address the jury.
Stick to the facts directly related to the crime and, again, address the jury.
You can always reach me at this address, Mademoiselle.
Henschke, we'll be gone a few days. I'll tell you the address.
Right here is the address.
You suggest that I go there, without even giving me the address?
And the address, please?
I'll give you my address.
How dare you address me like that!
And if any mail should come for us will you forward it to that address?
How about an address, Concha, where I can write you?
I have to address some psychological problems!
Address that to Skunk, the minister of state!
Here's Mme de Beauperthuis' address. She bought a similar hat.
What is your address?
I can hear what people say. I gave him your address.
You give me your address, I'll give you mine.
Can you give me her address?
Here, Nick, here's my home office address.
You give me your address, I'll send my car for you.
WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS?
I'll address another envelope.

News and current affairs

Relations with Russia are of vital importance if Europe is to continue to improve the quality of life of its citizens and address concerns of safety.
In 1992, when the world's governments first promised to address man-made global warming, they also vowed to head off the human-induced extinction of other species.
And, while conspiracy theories are often patently irrational, the questions they address are often healthy, even if the answers are frequently unsourced or just plain wrong.
The financial sector requires tougher regulation, strengthened supervision, and internationally consistent resolution mechanisms to address the problems posed by very large, global institutions that are considered too big (or too complex) to fail.
Only better-informed foreign policies that can address the genuine anxieties of civilizations in crisis will yield more sustainable results.
But, based on Europe's experience, such policies are precisely the wrong way to address global warming.
Failure to address the deficit (and the mounting debt) will create pressures to reduce what the US spends on foreign aid, intelligence, and defense - although Republicans are more likely than Democrats to protect such spending (except for foreign aid).
While a post-election, lame-duck session of Congress will address the fiscal cliff, the deep differences between Republicans and Democrats on taxes and spending remain wide and difficult to bridge.
Yet the United States persists in responding to symptoms rather than to underlying conditions by trying to address every conflict by military means.
None of it helps to address the underlying problems of poverty, child mortality, water scarcity, and lack of livelihoods in places like Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province, Sudan's Darfur region, or Somalia.
But the US government won't address them.
Maybe, just maybe, Obama's recent address marks not only the end of this destructive agenda, but also the start of a new era.
It was the first inaugural address of its kind since Reagan turned America away from government in 1981.
To do so, Americans must identify and address the great challenges the United States faces, starting from the ground up.
While the legislation does too little to address America's problem of chronic and rising budget deficits, the damage that it inflicts on the economy in the short term is likely to be limited.
The crucial next step is to ensure that economic arguments become a stronger part of our political debate about how to address global warming.
Governments are doing too little to address the private credit debacle.
Until Afghanistan's leaders begin to address this problem seriously, our country will continue to bear the scar of violence against women on its face.
The upcoming climate negotiations ought to address the specific problems of Africa and similarly vulnerable poor parts of the world.
The best way to address that question is to focus not on who, but on what, would replace Arafat.
With the lull in net immigration, we now have a window of opportunity to address these shortcomings.
Of course, given his personality and low public-approval ratings, his address was the least convincing event of the day.
But now is the moment for both countries to put the past aside in order to address their common security concerns.
The urgency of efforts to address climate change is revealing interesting prospects on the mitigation side, particularly in the areas of renewable energy and low-carbon growth.
But a sector-by-sector approach could mitigate these handicaps, and, given the pressing need to address demand for energy and climate change, it might be strategically advisable to start with the energy sector.
The 66th session of the UN General Assembly is a renewed opportunity for the countries of the world to set aside narrow, short-term interests and commit to cooperative efforts to address humanity's long-term imperatives.
The UN has been useful as a forum for adopting standards, but its machinery for seeking compliance with those standards is weak and has been badly compromised over the years by its failure to address grotesque abuses.
So the next task is to design wise, innovative, and cost-effective programs to address these challenges.

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