Address Definition

ə-drĕs

addressed, addresses, addressing

verb

addressed, addresses, addressing

To speak to.

Addressed me in low tones.

American Heritage

To direct (spoken or written words) to someone.

Webster's New World

To make a formal speech to.

Addressed the union members at the convention.

American Heritage

To speak to or write to [to address an audience]

He addressed himself to both of us.

Webster's New World

To direct (a spoken or written message) to the attention of.

Address a protest to the faculty senate.

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noun

addresses

A description of the location of a person or organization, as written or printed on mail as directions for delivery.

Wrote the address on the envelope.

American Heritage

A written or spoken speech, esp. a formal one.

Webster's New World

The location at which a particular organization or person may be found or reached.

Went to her address but no one was home.

American Heritage

The place to which mail, etc. can be sent to someone; place where someone lives or works.

Webster's New World

A name or a sequence of characters that designates an e-mail account or a specific site on the Internet or other network.

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Other Word Forms of Address

Singular:

address

Plural:

From Middle English adressen (“to raise erect, adorn”), from Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”) (modern French adresser), from a- (Latin ad (“to”)) + drecier (modern French dresser (“to straighten, arrange”)) < Vulgar Latin *directiāre, from Latin directus (“straight or right”), from the verb dīrigĕre, itself from regĕre (“to govern, to rule”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English adressen to direct from Old French adresser from Vulgar Latin addīrēctiāre Latin ad- ad- Vulgar Latin dīrēctiāre to straighten (from Latin dīrēctus) (past participle of dīrigere to direct direct)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition