address

1. noun

1)

the address on the envelope

Syn:

inscription, superscription; directions, number

2)

our officers arrived at the address

Syn:

house, apartment, home; formal residence, dwelling, dwelling place, habitation, abode, domicile

3)

her address to the board members

Syn:

speech, lecture, talk, monologue, dissertation, discourse, oration, peroration; slang spiel, chalk talk; sermon, homily, lesson; harangue

2. verb

1)

I addressed the envelope by hand

Syn:

inscribe, superscribe

2)

Rev. Lally addressed a crowded congregation

Syn:

talk to, give a talk to, speak to, make a speech to, give a lecture to, lecture, hold forth to; preach to, give a sermon to; informal buttonhole, collar

3)

the question of how to address one's parents-in-law

Syn:

call, name, designate; speak to; formal denominate

4)

correspondence should be addressed to the Personnel Department

Syn:

direct, send, forward, communicate, convey, route, remit

5)

the selectmen failed to address the issue of subsidies

Syn:

attend to, apply oneself to, tackle, see to, deal with, confront, come to grips with, get down to, turn one's hand to, take in hand, undertake, concentrate on, focus on, devote oneself to