Definition

1. Verb:
   • To change the address on a letter or package: "readdress" means to alter the address written on a piece of mail so that it can be forwarded to a new location.
   • To deal with or consider something again: In a figurative sense, "readdress" can mean to approach or handle an issue, problem, or topic a second time, often with a different perspective or method.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • I need to readdress this envelope because my friend moved to a new house. (To change the address on the mail.)
  • The committee decided to readdress the budget concerns at the next meeting. (To consider the issue again.)

Advanced Usage

• "to readdress a matter": to revisit or reconsider a subject or problem.
  • After the initial failure, they had to readdress the matter with a revised plan. (They approached the topic again with new ideas.)

Variants and Related Words

• Address (n/v): the location of a person or business; to speak to or direct attention to something.

  • Please write your address clearly on the form. (The location.)
  • The president will address the nation tonight. (To speak to.)

• Readdressable (adj): capable of being readdressed.

  • This package is readdressable if the recipient moves. (It can be sent to a new address.)

Synonyms

• Forward: to send a letter or package to a new address.
• Redirect: to change the direction or destination of something.
• Reconsider: to think about something again, especially to change a decision.

Phrasal Verbs

• Readdress to: to change the address on mail so it goes to a specific person or place.
  • Please readdress the letter to my office. (Change the address to the office.)

Related Idioms

• Change of address: a formal notification that one has moved to a new location.

  • We submitted a change of address form to the post office. (We informed them of our new home.)

• Second look: a renewed examination or consideration.

  • The manager took a second look at the proposal after the team readdressed it. (He reconsidered it.)