Definition of "address"
- noun
Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
Act of addressing oneself to a person; a discourse or speech.
Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
Act of preparing oneself.
A description of the location of a property.
The property itself.
A location in computer memory.
An Internet address; URL.
- verb
To prepare oneself.
To direct speech.
To aim; to direct.
To prepare or make ready.
To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
To clothe or array; to dress.
To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
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 accost.
To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
To address one's self to; to prepare one's self for; to apply one's self 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 a location in computer memory.
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