ADDRESS (addrest)

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• 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. deal with 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.

• ADDRESS (noun)

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

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)

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"):

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)

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

Meaning:

The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

speech; address

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"):

body (the central message of a communication)

introduction (the first section of a communication)

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

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

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))

impromptu (an extemporaneous speech or remark)

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))

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)

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)

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:

name and address; destination; 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)

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)

Meaning:

Social skill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

savoir-faire; address

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

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

• ADDRESS (verb)

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"):

ask (address a question to and expect an answer from)

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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"):

harangue (deliver a harangue to; address forcefully)

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

memorialise; memorialize (address in a memorial)

blaze away (speak with fire and passion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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

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

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 (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Sentence frames:

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

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

address; call

Context examples:

He always addresses me with 'Sir' / Call me Mister / She calls him by first name

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

address; turn to (speak to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody something

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

Meaning:

Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

deal; plow; handle; treat; cover; address

Context examples:

This book deals with incest / The course covered all of Western Civilization / The new book treats the history of China

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

broach; initiate (bring up a topic for discussion)

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

Meaning:

Speak to someone

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

accost; come up to; address

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

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