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address

Pronunciation: /əˈdɹɛs/

The English word “address” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Guidance; help.
  2. A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
  3. A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
  4. A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.
  5. A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
  6. An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
  7. A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
  8. The location of a property.
  9. A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory.
  10. A string of characters identifying a node or range of nodes on a network (especially the Internet), such as an e-mail address, IP address or URL.
  11. Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability.
  12. The act of getting ready; preparation.
  13. The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.

verb

  1. To prepare oneself.
  2. To direct speech.
  3. To aim; to direct.
  4. To prepare or make ready.
  5. To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
  6. To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
  7. To clothe or array; to dress.

Etymology

From Middle English adressen (“to raise erect, adorn”), from Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”) (modern French adresser), from Proto-Romance *addīrēctiāre, from ad- (“to; towards”) + *dīrēctiāre (“to guide; to direct”), from Latin dīrēctus (“straight; right”), from dīrigō (“to lay straight; to direct”), itself from regō (“to govern, to rule”). Cognate with Spanish aderezar (“to…

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