address
address is a 7-letter English word with 36 senses as verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To aim; to direct. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- verb. To aim; to direct.
- verb. To prepare or make ready.
- verb. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
- verb. To clothe or array; to dress.
- verb. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
- verb. 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.
- verb. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
- verb. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
- verb. To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
- intransitive verb. To prepare one's self.
- intransitive verb. To direct speech.
- transitive verb. Act of preparing one's self.
- transitive verb. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
- transitive verb. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
- transitive verb. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.
- transitive verb. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
- noun. social skill
- noun. the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
- noun. (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- noun. written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
- noun. a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
- noun. the manner of speaking to another individual
"he failed in his manner of address to the captain"
- noun. the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
"he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
- noun. the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
- verb. adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
- verb. speak to
"He addressed the crowd outside the window"
- verb. give a speech to
"The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
- verb. speak to someone
- verb. put an address on (an envelope)
- verb. act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
"This book deals with incest"
"The course covered all of Western Civilization"
- verb. direct a question at someone
- verb. address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
- verb. access or locate by address
- verb. greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
"He always addresses me with `Sir'"
"Call me Mister"
Synonyms
reference, destination, speech, speak, accost, direct, cover, deal, handle, plow, treat, call
Common word forms
addressed, addresser, addresses, addressful, addressing, addressable
Words from these letters
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