Definition of address

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  • address is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • address is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • address is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of address

  • put an address on (an envelope) (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. direct
  • social skill (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. savoir-faire
  • give a speech to (verb)

    Examples

    1. The chairman addressed the board of trustees

    Synonyms

    1. speak
  • written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. destination
    2. name and address
  • speak to someone (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. accost
    2. come up to
  • (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. computer address
    2. reference
  • speak to (verb)

    Examples

    1. He addressed the crowd outside the window

    Synonyms

    1. turn to
  • the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience (noun)

    Examples

    1. he listened to an address on minor Roman poets

    Synonyms

    1. speech
  • greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name (verb)

    Examples

    1. He always addresses me with `Sir'

    Synonyms

    1. call
  • act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. cover
    2. deal
    3. handle
    4. plow
    5. treat
  • access or locate by address (verb)
  • address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question (verb)
  • adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting (verb)
  • a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described (noun)
  • direct a question at someone (verb)
  • the manner of speaking to another individual (noun)

    Examples

    1. he failed in his manner of address to the captain
  • the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with (noun)
  • the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball (noun)

See definition of address in Merriam Webster