address
♦♦ ad|dress /ədr'es, AM 'ædres/ (addresses addressing addressed)
1 [N-COUNT] usu poss N
Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
The address is 2025 M Street, Northwest, Washington, DC, 20036...
We require details of your name and address.
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed to n
If a letter, envelope, or parcel is addressed to you, your name and address have been written on it.
Applications should be addressed to: The business affairs editor.
3 [N-COUNT]
The address of a website is its location on the Internet, for example http://www.cobuild.collins.co.uk. (COMPUTING)
4 [VERB] V n
If you address a group of people, you give a speech to them.
He is due to address a conference on human rights next week.
[N-COUNT]
Address is also a noun.
The President gave an address to the American people.
5 [VERB] V n, V n to n
If you address someone or address a remark to them, you say something to them. (FORMAL)
The two foreign ministers did not address each other directly when they last met...
He addressed his remarks to Eleanor, ignoring Maria.
6 [VERB] V n, V pron-refl to n
If you address a problem or task or if you address yourself to it, you try to understand it or deal with it.
Mr King sought to address those fears when he spoke at the meeting...
Throughout the book we have addressed ourselves to the problem of ethics.ad|dress book (address books)
1 [N-COUNT]
An address book is a book in which you write people's names and addresses.
2 [N-COUNT]
An address book is a computer file which contains a list of e-mail addresses. (COMPUTING)for|ward|ing ad|dress (forwarding addresses)
[N-COUNT]
A forwarding address is an address that you give to someone when you go and live somewhere else so that they can send your mail on to you.
The former owner had not left any forwarding address.IP ad|dress /aɪ piː ədr'es, AM 'ædres/ (IP addresses)
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An IP address is a series of numbers that identifies which particular computer or network is connected to the Internet. IP is an abbreviation for `Internet Protocol'. (COMPUTING)
Every connection that you make to the network is stamped with your IP address.pub|lic ad|dress sys|tem (public address systems)
[N-COUNT]
A public address system is a set of electrical equipment which allows someone's voice, or music, to be heard throughout a large building or area. The abbreviation PA is also used.
1 [N-COUNT] usu poss N
Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
The address is 2025 M Street, Northwest, Washington, DC, 20036...
We require details of your name and address.
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed to n
If a letter, envelope, or parcel is addressed to you, your name and address have been written on it.
Applications should be addressed to: The business affairs editor.
3 [N-COUNT]
The address of a website is its location on the Internet, for example http://www.cobuild.collins.co.uk. (COMPUTING)
4 [VERB] V n
If you address a group of people, you give a speech to them.
He is due to address a conference on human rights next week.
[N-COUNT]
Address is also a noun.
The President gave an address to the American people.
5 [VERB] V n, V n to n
If you address someone or address a remark to them, you say something to them. (FORMAL)
The two foreign ministers did not address each other directly when they last met...
He addressed his remarks to Eleanor, ignoring Maria.
6 [VERB] V n, V pron-refl to n
If you address a problem or task or if you address yourself to it, you try to understand it or deal with it.
Mr King sought to address those fears when he spoke at the meeting...
Throughout the book we have addressed ourselves to the problem of ethics.ad|dress book (address books)
1 [N-COUNT]
An address book is a book in which you write people's names and addresses.
2 [N-COUNT]
An address book is a computer file which contains a list of e-mail addresses. (COMPUTING)for|ward|ing ad|dress (forwarding addresses)
[N-COUNT]
A forwarding address is an address that you give to someone when you go and live somewhere else so that they can send your mail on to you.
The former owner had not left any forwarding address.IP ad|dress /aɪ piː ədr'es, AM 'ædres/ (IP addresses)
[N-COUNT]
An IP address is a series of numbers that identifies which particular computer or network is connected to the Internet. IP is an abbreviation for `Internet Protocol'. (COMPUTING)
Every connection that you make to the network is stamped with your IP address.pub|lic ad|dress sys|tem (public address systems)
[N-COUNT]
A public address system is a set of electrical equipment which allows someone's voice, or music, to be heard throughout a large building or area. The abbreviation PA is also used.