Address
[ə'dres] or [ə'drɛs]
Definition
(noun.) the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball.
(noun.) (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored.
(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 manner of speaking to another individual; 'he failed in his manner of address to the captain'.
(noun.) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; 'he listened to an address on minor Roman poets'.
(noun.) the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with.
(verb.) adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting.
(verb.) speak to; 'He addressed the crowd outside the window'.
(verb.) give a speech to; 'The chairman addressed the board of trustees'.
(verb.) speak to someone.
(verb.) put an address on (an envelope).
(verb.) direct a question at someone.
(verb.) address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question.
(verb.) access or locate by address.
(verb.) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; 'He always addresses me with `Sir''; 'Call me Mister'; 'She calls him by first name'.
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Definition
(v.) To aim; to direct.
(v.) To prepare or make ready.
(v.) Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
(v.) To clothe or array; to dress.
(v.) To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
(v.) 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.
(v.) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
(v.) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
(v.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
(v. i.) To prepare one's self.
(v. i.) To direct speech.
(v. t.) Act of preparing one's self.
(v. t.) Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
(v. t.) A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.
(v. t.) Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
(v. t.) Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
(v. t.) Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.
(v. t.) Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
Typist: Remington
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Appeal, invocation, petition, entreaty, request, imploration, application, solicitation, suit.[2]. Discourse, speech, oration, harangue.[3]. Skill, art, adroitness, readiness, dexterity, expertness, cleverness, ingenuity, ability, tact, GUMPTION.[4]. Superscription, direction.[5]. Manner (in speaking to another).
Checked by Jeannette
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Accost, greet, salute, approach, apostrophize, appeal, hail, {[woo]?}, court
ANT:Elude, avoid, shun, ignore, pass
SYN:Tact, manners
ANT:Awkwardness, unmannerliness
Typed by Aileen
Definition
v.t. to direct (with to): to speak or write to: to court: to direct in writing: to arrange properly: (arch.) to don: (refl.) to turn one's skill or energies towards.—n. a formal communication in writing: a speech: manners: dexterity: direction of a letter:—pl. Address′es attentions of a lover.—To address one's self to a task to set about it.
Typist: Ted
Examples
- He was something agreeable to sit near, to hover round, to address and look at. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The address was solemn and impressive; the sentence fearful to hear. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I got your address from Mrs. Clements. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I got into the cab and gave the driver the address of Simmons, one of the men I knew who was studying singing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I had arranged with Mrs. Clements that she should communicate her London address, in Anne's interests, to Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The note was written on a rather untidy half-sheet, without date or address, but her hand was firm and free. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I chatted with everybody who addressed me, just long enough to ascertain that they were uninteresting people. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She raised her eyes to my face, on being thus addressed, and her fingers plied their work, and she looked at me with an unmoved countenance. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The Grand Master then raised his voice, and addressed the assembly. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- No human evidence would ever have been able to persuade Martin Yorke that he blushed when thus addressed; yet blush he did, to the ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He addressed her ladyship again the moment I offered that reply. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. Jaggers, putting a hand on my shoulder and walking me on at his side without saying anything to me, addressed himself to his followers. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Before I left the room I turned round and addressed him for the last time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the hand addressograph, which sells for as low as $27, he has worked out three practical models having an average speed of from 750 to 1,500 names and addresses an hour. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The first addressographs were intended for printing names and addresses consecutively on envelopes and post cards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The clepsydra became in Greece a useful instrument to enforce the law in restricting loquacious orators and lawyers to reasonable limits in their addresses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He addresses this to the astounded Tony, who admits the soft impeachment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He addresses the assembled company in the following terms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As they turn towards the hall-door, Lady Dedlock addresses Mr. Tulkinghorn for the first time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation methods and addresses. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I do think, she went on, addressing both men, that the imprevu adds to one's enjoyment. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He always concluded by addressing Charley. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Either beats or cringes, said Wemmick, not at all addressing himself to me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There's one thing, sir, remarked Dick, addressing Justinian,—there is one thing I'd like to say. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Yo'll ca' me traitor and that—yo I mean t' say,' addressing Slackbridge, 'but 'tis easier to ca' than mak' out. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Thus far, Gurth, said he, addressing his attendant, the reputation of English chivalry hath not suffered in my hands. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A fine horse, my friend, said the Count, addressing the groom with the most engaging familiarity of manner, You are going to drive out? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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