a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the President's address on the state of the economy.
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a direction as to the intended recipient, written on or attached to a piece of mail.
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the place or the name of the place where a person, organization, or the like is located or may be reached: What is your address when you're in Des Moines?
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manner of speaking to persons; personal bearing in conversation.
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skillful and expeditious management; ready skill; dispatch: to handle a matter with address.
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Computers. a label, as an integer, symbol, or other set of characters, designating a location, register, etc., where information is stored in computer memory.
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Government. a request to the executive by the legislature to remove a judge for unfitness.
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Usually, addresses.attentions paid by a suitor or lover; courtship.
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(usually initial capital letter) the reply to the King's speech in the English Parliament.
To direct (a spoken or written message) to the attention of: address a protest to the faculty senate.
To mark with a destination: address a letter.
To direct the efforts or attention of (oneself): address oneself to a task.
To deal with: addressed the issue of absenteeism.
To dispatch or consign (a ship, for example) to an agent or factor.
Sports To adjust and aim the club at (a golf ball) in preparing for a stroke.
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also (ād'rěs')
A description of the location of a person or organization, as written or printed on mail as directions for delivery: wrote down the address on the envelope.
The location at which a particular organization or person may be found or reached: went to her address but no one was home.
A name or number used in information storage or retrieval that is assigned to a specific memory location.
The memory location identified by this name or number.
A name or a sequence of characters that designates an e-mail account or a specific site on the Internet or other network.
also (ād'rěs') Computer Science
A name or number used in information storage or retrieval that is assigned to a specific memory location.
The memory location identified by this name or number.
A name or a sequence of characters that designates an e-mail account or a specific site on the Internet or other network.
A formal spoken or written communication.
A formal speech.
Courteous attentions. Often used in the plural.
The manner or bearing of a person, especially in conversation.
Skill, deftness, and grace in dealing with people or situations. See Synonyms at tact.
The act of dispatching or consigning a ship, as to an agent or a factor.
[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; see direct).]
c.1374, "to make straight," from O.Fr. adresser, from V.L. *addirectiare "make straight," from L. ad "to" + *directiare, from L. directus "straight, direct" (see direct). Meaning "to direct spoken words (too someone)" is from 1490; noun sense of "formal speech" is from 1751. Meaning in Eng. expanded 17c.-18c. to the notion of directing something, as a letter, "straight" to where somebody lives. "To send as a written message" is from 1636, which led to noun senses of "superscription of a letter" (1712) and "place of residence" (1888).
speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window"
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give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
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put an address on (an envelope)
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direct a question at someone
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address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
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greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with 'Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"
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access or locate by address
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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]
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speak to someone
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adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
address 1. e-mail address. 2. Internet address. 3. MAC address. 4. An unsigned integer used to select one fundamental element of storage, usually known as a word from a computer's main memory or other storage device. The CPU outputs addresses on its address bus which may be connected to an address decoder, cache controller, memory management unit, and other devices. While from a hardware point of view an address is indeed an integer most strongly typed programming languages disallow mixing integers and addresses, and indeed addresses of different data types. This is a fine example for syntactic salt: the compiler could work without it but makes writing bad programs more difficult. (1997-07-01)
Ad*dress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Addressing.] [OE. adressen to raise erect, adorn, OF. adrecier, to straighten, address, F. adresser, fr. [`a] (L. ad) + OF. drecier, F. dresser, to straighten, arrange. See Dress, v.]1. To aim; to direct. [Obs.] --Chaucer. And this good knight his way with me addrest. --Spenser. 2. To prepare or make ready. [Obs.] His foe was soon addressed. --Spenser. Turnus addressed his men to single fight. --Dryden. The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake. These men addressed themselves to the task. --Macaulay. 4. To clothe or array; to dress. [Archaic] Tecla . . . addressed herself in man's apparel. --Jewel. 5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. --Dryden. 6. To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost. Are not your orders to address the senate? --Addison. The representatives of the nation addressed the king. --Swift. 7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter. 8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo. 9. (Com.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. To address one's self to. (a) To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. (b) To direct one's speech or discourse to.
Ad*dress"\, v. i. 1. To prepare one's self. [Obs.] "Let us address to tend on Hector's heels." --Shak. 2. To direct speech. [Obs.] Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. --Dryden. Note: The intransitive uses come from the dropping out of the reflexive pronoun.
Ad*dress\, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t.]1. Act of preparing one's self. [Obs.] --Jer Taylor. 2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application. 3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters. 4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed. 5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address. 6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. --Addison. 7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness. Syn: Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.
Ad*dress\, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See Address, v. t.]1. Act of preparing one's self. [Obs.] --Jer Taylor. 2. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application. 3. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters. 4. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed. 5. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address. 6. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady. --Addison. 7. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness. Syn: Speech; discourse; harangue; oration; petition; lecture; readiness; ingenuity; tact; adroitness.
Dress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dressedor Drest; p. pr. & vb. n. Dressing.] [OF. drecier to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F. dresser. (assumed) LL. directiare, fr. L. dirigere, directum, to direct; dis- + regere to rule. See Right, and cf. Address, Adroit, Direct, Dirge.]1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order. [Obs.] At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways. --Chaucer. Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of "to direct one's step; to address one's self." To Grisild again will I me dresse. --Chaucer. 2. (Mil.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks. 3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part. 4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson. If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form. --Carlyle. (b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish. (c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. --Shak. (d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. To dress up or out, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. "You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C[ae]sar." --Addison. To dress a ship (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish.
Ad*dress"\, v. t. To address the ball (Golf), to take aim at the ball, adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body, etc., to a convenient position. Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, n. (Med.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl.
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