address

Noun

• social skill

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

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

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

• the manner of speaking to another individual
  • he failed in his manner of address to the captain
    

• the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
  • he listened to an address on minor Roman poets
    

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

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

Verb

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

• speak to someone

• 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
    

• access or locate by address

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

• direct a question at someone

• put an address on (an envelope)

• give a speech to
  • The chairman addressed the board of trustees
    

• speak to
  • He addressed the crowd outside the window
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  savoir-faire , destination , name and address , speech , computer address , reference , accost , come up to , cover , treat , handle , plow , deal , call , direct , speak , turn to