ADDRESS (addrest)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does address mean? 

• ADDRESS (noun)
  The noun ADDRESS has 8 senses:

1. (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

2. the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

3. the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

4. the manner of speaking to another individual

5. a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described

6. written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location

7. the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball

8. social skill

  Familiarity information: ADDRESS used as a noun is common.

• ADDRESS (verb)
  The verb ADDRESS has 10 senses:

1. speak to

2. give a speech to

3. put an address on (an envelope)

4. direct a question at someone

5. address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question

6. greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name

7. access or locate by address

8. act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

9. speak to someone

10. adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting

  Familiarity information: ADDRESS used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADDRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

address; computer address; reference

Hypernyms ("address" is a kind of...):

code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "address"):

uniform resource locator; universal resource locator; URL (the address of a web page on the world wide web)

argument; parameter ((computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program)

Derivation:

address (access or locate by address)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("address" is a kind of...):

geographic point; geographical point (a point on the surface of the Earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "address"):

mailing address (the address where a person or organization can be communicated with)

business address (the address at which a business is located)

abode; residence (any address at which you dwell more than temporarily)

street address (the address where a person or organization can be found)

Derivation:

address (put an address on (an envelope))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

address; speech

Context example:

he listened to an address on minor Roman poets

Hypernyms ("address" is a kind of...):

speech act (the use of language to perform some act)

Meronyms (parts of "address"):

close; closing; conclusion; end; ending (the last section of a communication)

introduction (the first section of a communication)

body (the central message of a communication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "address"):

impromptu (an extemporaneous speech or remark)

discourse; preaching; sermon (an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service))

oral presentation; public speaking; speaking; speechmaking (delivering an address to a public audience)

oratory (addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous))

litany (any long and tedious address or recital)

lecture; public lecture; talk (a speech that is open to the public)

inaugural; inaugural address (an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president))

dithyramb (a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing)

colloquium (an address to an academic meeting or seminar)

allocution ((rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts)

Instance hyponyms:

Gettysburg Address (a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863))

Derivation:

address (give a speech to)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The manner of speaking to another individual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he failed in his manner of address to the captain

Hypernyms ("address" is a kind of...):

delivery; manner of speaking; speech (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally)

Derivation:

address (direct a question at someone)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("address" is a kind of...):

street sign (a sign visible from the street)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

address; destination; name and address

Hypernyms ("address" is a kind of...):

direction; instruction (a message describing how something is to be done)

Meronyms (parts of "address"):

postal code; postcode; ZIP; ZIP code (a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "address"):

return address (the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered)

Holonyms ("address" is a part of...):

letter; missive (a written message addressed to a person or organization)

Derivation:

address (put an address on (an envelope))

Sense 7

Meaning:

The stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("address" is a kind of...):

stance (standing posture)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Social skill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

address; savoir-faire

Hypernyms ("address" is a kind of...):

tact; tactfulness (consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense)

• ADDRESS (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

address; turn to

Context example:

He addressed the crowd outside the window

Hypernyms (to "address" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "address"):

address; call (greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

addressee (one to whom something is addressed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give a speech to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

address; speak

Context example:

The chairman addressed the board of trustees

"Address" entails doing...:

speak; talk (use language)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "address"):

blaze away (speak with fire and passion)

memorialise; memorialize (address in a memorial)

keynote (give the keynote address to (an audience))

harangue (deliver a harangue to; address forcefully)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

address (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)

addressee (one to whom something is addressed)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put an address on (an envelope)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

address; direct

Hypernyms (to "address" is one way to...):

label (assign a label to; designate with a label)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "address"):

misaddress; misdirect (put a wrong address on)

instrument (address a legal document to)

re-address (put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

address (written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location)

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

addressee (one to whom something is addressed)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Direct a question at someone

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "address" is one way to...):

aim; direct; place; point; target (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

address (the manner of speaking to another individual)

addressee (one to whom something is addressed)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "address" is one way to...):

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

addressable (capable of being addressed)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

address; call

Context example:

She calls him by first name

Hypernyms (to "address" is one way to...):

address; turn to (speak to)

Verb group:

be known as; call; know as; name (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Access or locate by address

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "address" is one way to...):

access (obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

Sense 8

Meaning:

Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

address; cover; deal; handle; plow; treat

Context example:

The new book treats the history of China

Hypernyms (to "address" is one way to...):

broach; initiate (bring up a topic for discussion)

Verb group:

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

comprehend; cover; embrace; encompass (include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "address"):

theologise; theologize (treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character)

discourse; discuss; talk about (to consider or examine in speech or writing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 9

Meaning:

Speak to someone

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

accost; address; come up to

Hypernyms (to "address" is one way to...):

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "address"):

greet; recognise; recognize (express greetings upon meeting someone)

approach (make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

addressee (one to whom something is addressed)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "address" is one way to...):

adjust; align; aline; line up (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

While study authors have a good idea why Tabby's Star dims on a long-term basis, they did not address the shorter-term dimming events that happened in three-day spurts in 2017.

(Mysterious Dimming of Tabby's Star May Be Caused by Dust, NASA)

Mechanism to fund single project applications in patient oriented or basic research near the payline and for which reviewer criticisms can be addressed quickly.

(Accelerated Executive Review, NCI Thesaurus)

At such times the intruder silently withdrew, and not until the red bow was seen gaily erect upon the gifted brow, did anyone dare address Jo.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"They got Bill, an' they may get me, but they'll sure never get you, young man," he said, addressing the dead body in its tree-sepulchre.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“But I thought I heard you, as I came upstairs, address her by a name that is not hers. She has taken mine, you know. Will you remember that?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Address printed in rather straggling characters: ‘Miss S. Cushing, Cross Street, Croydon.’ Done with a broad-pointed pen, probably a J, and with very inferior ink.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A data type comprised of mailing and home or office addresses.

(Address Data Type, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Professor Summerlee's rising was the signal for another extraordinary outbreak of enthusiasm, which broke out again at intervals throughout his address.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Specifies the link between an adverse event and the steps performed to address it.

(Adverse Event Action Taken with Study Treatment, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A data type comprised of a portion of an address such as a street, house number, post box number, postal code, city or country.

(Address Part Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)