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address   (TTS Sound)

The noun address has 8 senses

• address, computer address, reference -- ((computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored)


• address -- (the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with)


• address, speech -- (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets")


• address -- (the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain")


• address -- (a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described)


• address, destination, name and address -- (written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location)


• address -- (the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball)


• savoir-faire, address -- (social skill)

The verb address has 10 senses

• address, turn to -- (speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window")


• address, speak -- (give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees")


• address, direct -- (put an address on (an envelope))


• address -- (direct a question at someone)


• address -- (address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question)


• address, call -- (greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name")


• address -- (access or locate by address)


• cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address -- (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")


• address, accost, come up to -- (speak to someone)


• address -- (adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting)