26984 words

address

24 definitions • 38 examples
1
the number of the house, name of the road, and name of the town where a person lives or works, and where letters can be sent:

Examples:

her business/home address
a change of address
2
a place where someone lives:

Examples:

Police searched an address in North London in connection with a drugs arrest.
3
a series of letters and symbols that tell you where to find something on the internet or show where an email is sent to:

Examples:

What's your email address?
Do you have their Web address?
4
the place where a piece of information is stored in a computer's memory
5

Examples:

She gave an address to the Royal Academy.
6
to speak or write to someone:

Examples:

You may address me as Ms Harris.
He likes to be addressed as "Sir" or "Mr Partridge".
7
to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem:

Examples:

The issue of funding has yet to be addressed.
8
to write a name or address on an envelope or parcel:

Examples:

address something to someone Put the cheque in an envelope and address it to John Smith.
be addressed to So why did you open a letter that was addressed to me?
9
to stand in position before hitting a golf ball or shooting at a target:

Examples:

Try to make sure that you are well balanced when you address the ball.
The archers have to straddle the line when they address the target.
10
the specific place where a person, business, or organization can be found and where mail can be received:

Examples:

What is your street address now?
I need your home and your business address.
11
An address is also a group of letters or numbers and an @ symbol used to send electronic mail to someone:

Examples:

My e-mail address is pjh17@cambridge.org.
12

Examples:

The graduation address was very dull.
13
to speak or write to someone, or to direct information to someone:

Examples:

The First Lady addressed the meeting briefly.
He was generally addressed as “Captain.”
14
to give attention to or to deal with a matter or problem:

Examples:

We’ll address that question at the next meeting.
15
to write or print the specific place where a person, business, or organization can be found on something to be sent there:

Examples:

I addressed envelopes all morning.
16
a building number, name of the road, etc. where you live, where an organization has an office, or where mail is sent:

Examples:

Please send your application to the address below.
What is your full address?
a business/home address
Taxpayers who have moved should make certain they file a change of address with the U.S. Postal Service.
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the words and symbols that you type in order to send an email to a particular person. It usually consists of a person's name, an @ sign, the name of a company or school, and sometimes an abbreviation for a country:

Examples:

I sent the email to the wrong address.
What's your email address?
18
the words and symbols that you type to look at a particular website:

Examples:

How much web information could be captured: just the overall address or a list of each document viewed?
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Examples:

in an address to sb/sth 'I can only see continued growth ahead of us,' the Chairman said in an address to analysts and money managers.
21
to write an address on an envelope or package so it can be sent to the person who has that address:

Examples:

be addressed to sb/sth Make sure that your package is addressed to the correct department.
22
to speak to a group of people, especially in a meeting or formal event:

Examples:

He addressed a group of forty industrialists and politicians.
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to speak to someone in a particular way or using a particular name:

Examples:

address sb as sth She addressed him as Mr Clifford.
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to deal with a particular problem or need:

Examples:

It is time to address the budget deficit.
address a problem/issue How does the organization address the problems identified?
address a need He was impressed with the business plan because it addressed a real need.

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