Address
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English
Noun
Address (plural Addresses)- Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
- Act of addressing one's self to a person; a discourse or speech.
- Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
- Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. Joseph Addison.
- Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
- street location.
- (computing) A location in computer memory.
- (Internet) An Internet address; URL.
Verb
address (third-person singular simple present addresses, present participle addressing, simple past and past participle addressed or (obsolete) addrest)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare one's self.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
- (transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
- (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
- (transitive, reflexive) To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
- (transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
- (transitive) To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
- (transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
- (transitive) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, formal) To handle, discuss about a problem especially to solve it.
- (intransitive) (computing) To refer a location in computer memory.
Adjectives for Address
- (speech) impromptu; flattering; impending; emphatic; passionate; pithy; temperate; grave; inaugural; intuitive; masterly; graphic; soldier-like; moving; fervid; insinuating; illuminating; commemorative; laudatory; radical; carefully-worded; sensational; postprandial; lengthy; stirring; inspiring; rousing; keynote; eloquent; amatory; ardent; affectionate; lucid; preliminary; charming; naive; stumbling; halting; extempore; incoherent.
Verbs for Address
alter—; charge— with; compose—; concoct—; condense—; curtail—; expand—; grind out—; organize—; pour forth—; reel off—; thunder—.
Adverbs for Address
informally; cordially; intimately; affectionately; indiscriminately; pretentiously; exclusively; mournfully; passionately; extemporaneously; temperately; fervidly; insinuatingly; stirringly; inspiringly; rousingly; eloquently; ardently; lucidly; intelligently; pugniciously; pointedly.
Synonyms for Address
- (noun) speech, discourse, harangue, oration, petition, lecture, readiness, ingenuity, tact, adroitness, appeal, dexterity, skill, deportment, politeness, demeanor, manners, discretion.
- (verb) speak to, approach, accost, hail, salute, greet, acclaim, court, woo, apostrophize.
Antonyms for Address
- (noun) rudeness, clumsiness, awkwardness, stupidity, folly, fatuity.
- (verb) overlook, ignore, avoid, elude, shun, pass.
Thesaurus
abiding place; ability; abode; accost; adduce; adeptness; adroitness; advance; affability; affectation; affirmation; after-dinner speech; aim; air; airmanship; allegation; allege; allocution; angle for; animadvert; answer; apostrophe; apostrophize; appeal to; application; apply; apply to; approach; artfulness; artisanship; artistry; asking; assertion; associate; attend; averment; bearing; beau; behavior; behavior pattern; behavioral norm; behavioral science; bend; bespeak; bid for; bid good day; bid good morning; billhead; bob; bow; bow to; bravura; brilliance; buckle down; buttonhole; call to; cantonment; canvass; capability; capacity; carriage; cast; chalk talk; chase; cite; cleverness; command; comment; commentate; competence; comportment; conduct; connect; consign; control; converse; coordination; couple; court; crack; craft; craftsmanship; crash pad; crib; culture pattern; cunning; curtsy; custom; debate; declamation; declaration; deftness; deliver an address; demand; demeanor; deportment; desire; destination; devote; dexterity; dexterousness; dextrousness; diatribe; dictum; diplomacy; direct; direction; discourse; dispatch; document; doing; doings; domicile; domus; dwelling; dwelling place; ease; efficiency; embrace; escort; esquire; eulogy; exchange greetings; exclamation; exemplify; exhortation; expertise; expressed desire; expression; facility; filibuster; finesse; fish for; folkway; follow; forensic; forensic address; formal speech; forward; funeral oration; gestures; give; give a talk; goings-on; grace; graciousness; greet; greeting; grip; guise; habitation; hail; halloo; hand-clasp; handiness; handshake; harangue; hello; horsemanship; hortatory address; how-do-you-do; hug; illustrate; impetration; inaugural; inaugural address; incline; indent; ingeniousness; ingenuity; interjection; invective; invoke; jeremiad; kiss; kiss hands; know-how; lay; lay siege to; lecture; letterhead; level; lift the hat; link; location; lodging; lodging place; lodgment; look for; maintien; make suit to; make up to; manner; manners; marksmanship; mastership; mastery; memorialize; mention; method; methodology; methods; mien; modus vivendi; motions; movements; moves; name and address; neck; nest; nod; nod to; note; observable behavior; observation; offer; oration; pad; pattern; pay addresses to; pay attention to; pay court to; pep talk; peroration; pet; petition; philippic; phrase; pitch; place; place to live; platform; point; poise; pop the question; port; pose; position; postal zone; posture; practical ability; practice; praxis; prefer; prelect; prepared speech; prepared text; presence; present; procedure; proceeding; proffer; proficiency; pronouncement; propose; prowess; public speech; pull the forelock; pursue; question; quickness; readiness; reading; recital; recitation; reflection; relate; remark; remit; request; requisition; residence; resource; resourcefulness; romance; roof; route; run after; rush; sales talk; salutation; salutatory; salutatory address; salute; savoir faire; savoir-faire; savvy; say; say hello; saying; screed; seamanship; seat; seek; sentence; serenade; sermon; set; set speech; shake; shake hands; ship; skill; skillfulness; sleight; smile; smile of recognition; smooch; soapbox; social science; solicit; spark; speak; speak fair; speak to; speech; speechification; speechify; speeching; spoon; squire; statement; stump; style; subjoinder; submit; sue; sue for; suggest; superscribe; superscription; swain; sweetheart; tact; tactfulness; tactics; take aside; take the floor; take the stump; talk; talk to; talkathon; tax; technical brilliance; technical mastery; technical skill; technique; tender; thought; throw; timing; tirade; tone; touch the hat; train; transmit; turn; uncover; utterance; valediction; valedictory; valedictory address; virtuosity; wave; way; way of life; ways; whereabouts; wish; wit; wizardry; woo; word; workmanship; zip code; zone
