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address

ad·dress
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
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    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [noun uh-dres, ad-res; verb uh-dres]
    • /noun əˈdrɛs, ˈæd rɛs; verb əˈdrɛs/
    • /əˈdres/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noun uh-dres, ad-res; verb uh-dres]
    • /noun əˈdrɛs, ˈæd rɛs; verb əˈdrɛs/

Definitions of address word

  • countable noun address Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work. 3
  • verb address If a letter, envelope, or parcel is addressed to you, your name and address have been written on it. 3
  • countable noun address The address of a website is its location on the Internet, for example http://www.collinslanguage.com. 3
  • countable noun address The address of a cell on a computer spreadsheet refers to the particular row and column number where it is located, for example 'C2' or 'N63'. 3
  • verb address If you address a group of people, you give a speech to them. 3
  • verb address Address is also a noun. 3
See all 113 definitions of address

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Origin of address

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English adressen to adorn < Middle French adresser. See a-5, dress

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Address

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Address

address popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

address usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for address

verb address

  • forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • send — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
  • route — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
  • dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • mark — Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.

noun address

  • speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
  • report — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • statement — something stated.
  • sermon — a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
  • dissertation — a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
All 81 Synonyms of address

Antonyms for address

verb address

  • avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
  • cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.

noun address

  • misaddress — to address incorrectly or improperly: to misaddress a letter.
All 15 Antonyms of address

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Related words

  • indirect address

    the address in a storage location that contains the actual machine address of a data item or of other information, as the next instruction, or that contains another indirect address.

  • keynote

    Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.

  • speech

    the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.

  • tutoyer

    to address (someone), especially in French, using the familiar forms of the pronoun “you” rather than the more formal forms; address familiarly.

  • address bar

    the space provided (on a browser) for showing the addresses of websites

  • direct

    to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
All related words to address

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