'address' definitions:
Definition of 'address'
(from WordNet)
noun
(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored [syn: address, computer address, reference]
noun
The place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
noun
The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" [syn: address, speech]
noun
The manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain"
noun
A sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
noun
Written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location [syn: address, destination, name and address]
noun
The stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
noun
Social skill [syn: savoir-faire, address]
verb
Speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" [syn: address, turn to]
verb
Give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" [syn: address, speak]
verb
Put an address on (an envelope) [syn: address, direct]
verb
Direct a question at someone
verb
Address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
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" [syn: address, call]
verb
Access or locate by address
verb
Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address]
verb
Speak to someone [syn: address, accost, come up to]
verb
Adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
Synonyms of 'address'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding place,
- ability,
- abode,
- accost,
- action,
- actions,
- activity,
- acts,
- address,
- adduce,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- advance,
- affability,
- affectation,
- affirmation,
- after-dinner speech,
- aim,
- air,
- airmanship,
- allegation,
- allege,
- allocution,
- angle for,
- animadvert,
- answer,
- apostrophe,
- apostrophize,
- appeal to,
- application,
- apply,
- apply to,
- approach,
- artfulness,
- artisanship,
- artistry,
- asking,
- assertion,
- associate,
- attend,
- averment,
- bearing,
- beau,
- behavior,
- behavior pattern,
- behavioral norm,
- behavioral science,
- bend,
- bespeak,
- bid for,
- bid good day,
- bid good morning,
- billhead,
- bob,
- bow,
- bow to,
- bravura,
- brilliance,
- buckle down,
- buttonhole,
- call to,
- cantonment,
- canvass,
- capability,
- capacity,
- carriage,
- cast,
- chalk talk,
- chase,
- cite,
- cleverness,
- command,
- comment,
- commentate,
- competence,
- comportment,
- conduct,
- connect,
- consign,
- control,
- converse,
- coordination,
- couple,
- court,
- crack,
- craft,
- craftsmanship,
- crash pad,
- crib,
- culture pattern,
- cunning,
- curtsy,
- custom,
- debate,
- declamation,
- declaration,
- deftness,
- deliver an address,
- demand,
- demeanor,
- deportment,
- desire,
- destination,
- devote,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diatribe,
- dictum,
- diplomacy,
- direct,
- direction,
- discourse,
- dispatch,
- document,
- doing,
- doings,
- domicile,
- domus,
- dwelling,
- dwelling place,
- ease,
- efficiency,
- embrace,
- escort,
- esquire,
- eulogy,
- exchange greetings,
- exclamation,
- exemplify,
- exhortation,
- expertise,
- expressed desire,
- expression,
- facility,
- filibuster,
- finesse,
- fish for,
- folkway,
- follow,
- forensic,
- forensic address,
- formal speech,
- forward,
- funeral oration,
- gestures,
- give,
- give a talk,
- goings-on,
- grace,
- graciousness,
- greet,
- greeting,
- grip,
- guise,
- habitation,
- hail,
- halloo,
- hand-clasp,
- handiness,
- handshake,
- harangue,
- hello,
- horsemanship,
- hortatory address,
- how-do-you-do,
- hug,
- illustrate,
- impetration,
- inaugural,
- inaugural address,
- incline,
- indent,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- interjection,
- invective,
- invoke,
- jeremiad,
- kiss,
- kiss hands,
- know-how,
- lay,
- lay siege to,
- lecture,
- letterhead,
- level,
- lift the hat,
- link,
- location,
- lodging,
- lodging place,
- lodgment,
- look for,
- maintien,
- make suit to,
- make up to,
- manner,
- manners,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- memorialize,
- mention,
- method,
- methodology,
- methods,
- mien,
- modus vivendi,
- motions,
- movements,
- moves,
- name and address,
- neck,
- nest,
- nod,
- nod to,
- note,
- observable behavior,
- observation,
- offer,
- oration,
- pad,
- Parthian shot,
- pattern,
- pay addresses to,
- pay attention to,
- pay court to,
- pep talk,
- peroration,
- pet,
- petition,
- philippic,
- phrase,
- pitch,
- place,
- place to live,
- platform,
- point,
- poise,
- pop the question,
- port,
- pose,
- position,
- postal zone,
- posture,
- practical ability,
- practice,
- praxis,
- prefer,
- prelect,
- prepared speech,
- prepared text,
- presence,
- present,
- procedure,
- proceeding,
- proffer,
- proficiency,
- pronouncement,
- propose,
- prowess,
- public speech,
- pull the forelock,
- pursue,
- question,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- reading,
- recital,
- recitation,
- reflection,
- relate,
- remark,
- remit,
- request,
- requisition,
- residence,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- romance,
- roof,
- route,
- run after,
- rush,
- sales talk,
- salutation,
- salutatory,
- salutatory address,
- salute,
- savoir faire,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- say,
- say hello,
- saying,
- screed,
- seamanship,
- seat,
- seek,
- sentence,
- serenade,
- sermon,
- set,
- set speech,
- shake,
- shake hands,
- ship,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- sleight,
- smile,
- smile of recognition,
- smooch,
- soapbox,
- social science,
- solicit,
- spark,
- speak,
- speak fair,
- speak to,
- speech,
- speechification,
- speechify,
- speeching,
- spoon,
- squire,
- statement,
- stump,
- style,
- subjoinder,
- submit,
- sue,
- sue for,
- suggest,
- superscribe,
- superscription,
- swain,
- sweetheart,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- tactics,
- take aside,
- take the floor,
- take the stump,
- talk,
- talk to,
- talkathon,
- tax,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- tender,
- thought,
- throw,
- timing,
- tirade,
- tone,
- touch the hat,
- train,
- transmit,
- turn,
- uncover,
- utterance,
- valediction,
- valedictory,
- valedictory address,
- virtuosity,
- wave,
- way,
- way of life,
- ways,
- whereabouts,
- wish,
- wit,
- wizardry,
- woo,
- word,
- workmanship,
- zip code,
- zone
Words containing 'address'
- addressable,
- addressed,
- Gettysburg Address,
- address book,
- addressing machine,
- business address,
- computer address,
- form of address,
- inaugural address,
- keynote address,
- mailing address,
- name and address,
- nominating address,
- return address,
- salutatory address,
- street address,
- valedictory address,
- public address system,
- re-address,
- self-addressed