Meaning

13 senses

  1. Direction.

    A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.

    a man of pleasing or insinuating address

    Art, Anrede

    the manner of speaking to another individual

  2. A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.

  3. A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.

    (Commonwealth)A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.

  4. Direction.

    An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.

    Ansprache

    обраще́ниеobraščénije

    зве́рненняzvérnennja

  5. A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.

    The President's address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.

    Adresse, Anschrift

    а́дресádres

    адре́саadrésa

  6. The location of a property.

    I went to his address but there was nobody there.

  7. A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory.

    The program will crash if there is no valid data stored at that address.

    Speicheradresse

    а́дресádres

  8. (Internet)A string of characters identifying a node or range of nodes on a network (especially the Internet), such as an e-mail address, IP address or URL.

    а́дресádres

  9. Preparation.

    (Scotland)The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.

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

  10. Direction.

    (obsolete)Guidance; help.

  11. (archaic, in the plural)A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.

    Ansprache

    уха́живаниеuxáživanije

  12. Preparation.

    (archaic)Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability.

    Fähigkeit

    ло́вкостьlóvkostʹ

Examples

1211 sentences

  1. This letter is addressed to you.

    Цього листа адресовано Вам. — ChickenKiev

    ruЭто письмо адресовано тебе. — Ugggla

    deDieser Brief ist an dich adressiert. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Please take me to this address.

    Відвезіть мене на цю адресу, будь ласка. — atitarev

    ruОтвезите меня по этому адресу, пожалуйста. — soniamiku

    deBitte bringen Sie mich zu dieser Adresse. — Manfredo

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  3. When did you change your address?

    Коли ти змінила адресу? — Ahha

    ruКогда ты сменила адрес? — Wezel

    deWann hast du deine Adresse geändert? — Yorwba

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  4. The mayor addressed the general public.

    Мер звернувся до громадськості. — ascolto

    ruМэр обратился к общественности. — odexed

    deDer Bürgermeister wandte sich an die Öffentlichkeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I changed my address last month.

    Минулого місяця я змінив адресу. — deniko

    ruЯ сменил адрес в прошлом месяце. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe letzten Monat meine Adresse geändert. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
act of addressing oneself to a person or group:
description of the location of a property; direction for correspondence:
Русский
By meaning 4
polite romantic advance:
act of addressing oneself to a person or group:
description of the location of a property; direction for correspondence:
preparedness for a task, skill — see also skill:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
polite romantic advance:
manner of speaking to another:
description of the location of a property; direction for correspondence:
computing: location in computer memory:
preparedness for a task, skill — see also skill:

Origin

From Middle English adressen (“to raise erect, adorn”), from Old French adrecier (“to stra

From Middle English adressen (“to raise erect, adorn”), from Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”) (modern French adresser), from Proto-Romance *addīrēctiāre, from ad- (“to; towards”) + *dīrēctiāre (“to guide; to direct”), from Latin dīrēctus (“straight; right”), from dīrigō (“to lay straight; to direct”), itself from regō (“to govern, to rule”). Cognate with Spanish aderezar (“to garnish; dress (food); to add spices”).

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Forms

plural: addresses
Singularaddress
Pluraladdresses

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
network address
Close in meaning
  • (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored:computer addressreference
  • written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location:destinationname and address
  • the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience:speech
  • the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion:savoir-faire

Word family

34 related words
Derivedabsolute addressaccommodation addressaddressaladdress assignmentaddressationaddress baraddress bookaddress busaddressfuladdressiveaddresslessaddress lineaddress messageaddressographaddress spacebase addresscounteraddresse-addresseddressforwarding addressinaugural addressinside addresslogical addressmaladdress

Collocations

12 patterns
  • email address
  • name and address
  • your email address
  • my email address
  • knew his address
  • address on the
  • knew her address
  • and address here
  • know your address
  • your new address
  • the wrong address
  • new address

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
additionalA2additionallyB2additiveC2addresseeB1adeadeleadeptC2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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