Overview of verb address

The verb address has 10 senses

• address, turn to -- (speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window")


• address, speak -- (give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees")


• address, direct -- (put an address on (an envelope))


• address -- (direct a question at someone)


• address -- (address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question)


• address, call -- (greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name")


• address -- (access or locate by address)


• cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address -- (act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China")


• address, accost, come up to -- (speak to someone)


• address -- (adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting)

Overview of adj addressed

The adj addressed has 1 sense

• addressed -- ((of mail) marked with a destination; "I throw away all mail addressed to `resident'")