address

address: I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. direct; court, woo; accost, greet, approach, speak to. — n. street and number; residence, home; speech, discourse, oration; cleverness, dexterity. See direction, indication, abode, courtesy, skill. Ant., overlook, shun; adroitness.

II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A formal speech]

Syn. oration, lecture, speech, sermon; see speech 3 .

2. [Place at which one may be reached]

Syn. residence, home, quarters, dwelling, headquarters, place of business, location, box number; street, number, and zip code; see also business 4 , home 1 , hotel .

3. [Directions for delivery]

Syn. inscription, label, superscription, directions.

4. [Behavior]

Syn. delivery, manner(s), bearing, habit(s), approach; see also behavior 1 .

5. [Storage place in a computer]

Syn. source of output, position of input, data storage; see place 3 , position 1 .
See Synonym Study at speech . v.
1. [To provide directions for delivery]

Syn. inscribe, label, mark, direct, prepare for mailing, superscribe; see also write 2 .

2. [To speak formally to an assemblage]

Syn. lecture, discourse on, discuss, give a talk, make a speech, deliver an address, speak, take the floor, orate, pontificate, declaim, harangue, rant, expatiate on, sermonize, speechify*, spout*, spout off*, spiel*, take the stump*, take the soapbox*, take the platform*, do a spellbinder*.

3. [To communicate in a formal way]

Syn. petition, appeal to, write to, speak to, lay a matter before someone, plead, enter a plea for, seek redress for, enter a suit for, approach, greet; see also ask 1 , greet .

III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. speech oration, lecture, talk, salutation, letter.

2. mailing address R.F.D., route, street number, P.O. box, destination.

3. location residence, place, home, quarters, domicile.

II
v.
1. direct speak to, greet, approach, salute, acknowledge, write to.

2. handle consider, deal with, confront, undertake, focus on, take up, engage in.

IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To direct speech to: speak, talk. See WORDS. 2. To talk to an audience formally: lecture, prelect, speak. Archaic: bespeak. See WORDS. 3. To bring an appeal or request, for example, to the attention of: appeal, apply, approach, petition. Obsolete: sue. See REQUEST. 4. To mark (a written communication) with its destination: direct, superscribe. See START. 5. To devote (oneself or one's efforts): apply, bend, buckle down, concentrate, dedicate, devote, direct, focus, give, turn. See COLLECT, WORK. 6. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination: consign, dispatch, forward, route, send, ship, transmit. See MOVE. II noun 1. A usually formal oral communication to an audience: allocution, declamation, lecture, oration, prelection, speech, talk. See WORDS. 2. Romantic attentions. Often used in plural: courtship, suit. See SEEK, SEX. 3. Behavior through which one reveals one's personality: air, bearing, demeanor, manner, mien, presence, style. Archaic: port. See BE, STYLE. 4. The ability to say and do the right thing at the right time: diplomacy, savoir-faire, tact, tactfulness. See ABILITY, COURTESY.

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Synonyms:

Direct (words, etc.), accost, speak to, apply to, invoke, court, pay court to, make suit to, direct (a letter, etc.), indite, consign / Appeal, invocation, petition, entreaty, request, imploration, application, solicitation, suit / Discourse, speech, oration, harangue / Skill, art, adroitness, readiness, dexterity, expertness, cleverness, ingenuity, ability, tact, management / Superscription, direction / Manner (in speaking to another) / Place by the post or mail, post-office, place for receiving correspondence

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Address — may refer to:*A memory address, a unique identifier for a memory location at which a computer can store a piece of data for later retrieval *A network address, the coded representation of the source or destination of a message (e.g. MAC addresses … Wikipedia
address — I noun abode, box number, domicile, dwelling, dwelling place, habitation, headquarters, home, inhabitancy, inscriptio, legal residence, locus, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, place of business, residence, seat, street number associated concepts … Law dictionary
address — vb 1 *direct, devote, apply Analogous words: bend (see CURVE): appeal, pray, sue, plead (see under PRAYER): aim, point, level (see DIRECT) 2 Address, accost, greet, salute, hail mean to speak to or less often to write or make a sign to a person… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Address — Ad*dress ([a^]d*dr[e^]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addressed} ( dr[e^]st ); 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Address — Ad*dress, n. [Cf. F. adresse. See {Address}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Act of preparing one s self. [Obs.] Jer Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Act of addressing one s self to a person; verbal application. [1913 Webster] 3. A formal communication, either … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
address — [n1] place of residence or business where one can be contacted abode, box number, direction, domicile, dwelling, headquarters, home, house, living quarters, location, lodging, number, place of business, place of residence, street, whereabouts,… … New thesaurus
address — [ə dres′; ] for n. 2, 3, & 7, also [ a′dres΄] vt. [ME adressen, to guide, direct < OFr adresser < a , to + dresser < VL * directiare, to direct < L dirigere: see DIRECT] 1. to direct (spoken or written words) to someone 2. to speak to … English World dictionary
Address — Ad*dress ([a^]d*dr[e^]s ), v. i. 1. To prepare one s self. [Obs.] Let us address to tend on Hector s heels. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To direct speech. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrest. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Note:… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
address — ► NOUN 1) the details of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated. 2) Computing a number identifying a location in a data storage system or computer memory. 3) a formal speech. ► VERB 1) write someone s name and address on (an … English terms dictionary
address to — index dedicate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
address — The location to which the USPS is to deliver or return a mailpiece. It consists of certain elements such as recipient name, street name and house number, and city, state, and ZIP Code as required by the mail class … Glossary of postal terms

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