Definition of Address

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Address

To aim; to direct.

To prepare or make ready.

Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.

To clothe or array; to dress.

To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).

To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.

To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.

To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.

To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.

To prepare one's self.

To direct speech.

Act of preparing one's self.

Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.

A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.

Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.

Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.

Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.

Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

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Address Quotations

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
Jerry Garcia

The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility.
John Keats

President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.
Dennis Miller

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.
Richard M. Nixon

In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have.
Conan O'Brien

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.
Louis Farrakhan

Nothing succeeds like address.
Fran Lebowitz

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me.
Michael Phelps

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
Quentin Crisp

Address Translations

address in Afrikaans is adres, toespreek, adresseer
address in Danish is adresse
address in Dutch is adresseren
address in Finnish is osoite
address in German is Anschrift {m}, Adresse {f}
address in Italian is rivolgere la parola, indirizzo, nominativo
address in Latin is oratio, aggredior, adicio
address in Norwegian is adresse
address in Swedish is tilltala, adress, utanskrift, rikta, adressera

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