ADDRESS

Address

An address is a collection of information, presented in a mostly fixed format, used for describing the location of a building, apartment, or other structure or a plot of land, generally using political boundaries and street names as references, along with other identifiers such as house or apartment numbers. Some addresses also contain special codes to aid routing of mail and packages, such as a ZIP code or post code.

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address

Noun

  1. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
  2. Act of addressing oneself to a person; a discourse or speech.
  3. Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
  4. Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
  5. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
  6. Act of preparing oneself.
  7. A description of the location of a property.
  8. The property itself.
  9. A location in computer memory.
  10. An Internet address; URL.

Verb

  1. To prepare oneself.
  2. To direct speech.
  3. To aim; to direct.
  4. To prepare or make ready.
  5. To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
  6. To clothe or array; to dress.
  7. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
  8. 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.
  9. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
  10. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
  11. To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
  12. To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.
  13. To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
  14. To refer a location in computer memory.


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