address
noun
[ əˈdrɛs ]
• the particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated.
• "they exchanged addresses and agreed to keep in touch"
• a formal speech delivered to an audience.
• "an address to the European Parliament"
Similar:
speech,
lecture,
talk,
monologue,
dissertation,
discourse,
oration,
peroration,
sermon,
homily,
lesson,
salutatory,
spiel,
disquisition,
allocution,
predication,
• skill, dexterity, or readiness.
• "he rescued me with the most consummate address"
address
verb
• write the name and address of the intended recipient on (an envelope, letter, or parcel).
• "I addressed my letter to him personally"
Similar:
label,
direct,
inscribe,
superscribe,
send,
mail,
communicate,
convey,
forward,
remit,
post,
• speak to (a person or an assembly).
• "she addressed the open-air meeting"
Similar:
talk to,
give a talk to,
give an address to,
speak to,
make a speech to,
lecture,
give a lecture to,
hold forth to,
give a discourse to,
give a dissertation to,
give an oration to,
declaim to,
preach to,
deliver a sermon to,
give a sermon to,
sermonize,
speechify to,
preachify to,
spout to,
jaw to,
sound off to,
spiel to,
drone on to,
• think about and begin to deal with (an issue or problem).
• "a fundamental problem has still to be addressed"
Similar:
attend to,
tackle,
see to,
deal with,
confront,
grapple with,
attack,
buckle down to,
get to grips with,
embark on,
settle down to,
direct one's attention to,
turn to,
get down to,
concentrate on,
focus on,
apply oneself to,
devote oneself to,
turn one's hand to,
try to deal with,
try to sort out,
take up,
take in hand,
undertake,
engage in,
become involved in,
get stuck into,
get cracking on,
get weaving on,
have a crack at,
have a go at,
have a shot at,
have a stab at,
• take up one's stance and prepare to hit (the ball).
• "ensure that your weight is evenly spread when you address the ball"
Similar:
take aim at,
aim at,
face,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘set upright’ and ‘guide, direct’, hence ‘write directions for delivery on’ and ‘direct spoken words to’): from Old French, based on Latin ad- ‘towards’ + directus (see direct). The noun is of mid 16th-century origin in the sense ‘act of approaching or speaking to someone’.
