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Addressing

verb
/əˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 8.9

Definitions

1.verbTo prepare oneself.
2.verbTo direct speech.
3.verbTo aim; to direct.
4.verbTo prepare or make ready.
5.verbTo prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
6.verbTo direct one’s remarks (to someone).
7.verbTo clothe or array; to dress.
8.verbTo direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
"He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents."
9.verbTo 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.
10.verbTo direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
"He addressed a letter."
11.verbTo make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
12.verbTo consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
"The ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore."
13.verbTo address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.
14.verbTo direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
15.verbTo refer to a location in computer memory.
16.verbTo get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
17.nounA process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
18.nounAny of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
19.nounA mode, manner, or form of direct one's speech to an audience.

Synonyms

beclothedightput onput the moves onromanceworkdestinationtreatdealspeak tocome up tosavoir-faire

Rhymes With

blessingpressingdistressingcaressingdepressingsuppressingacquiescingdressing
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