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# address

noun (an address, addresses); verb (address, addresses, addressed, addressing)

«address» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The details of where a person lives or a building is: house number, street, town, postcode or ZIP code. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#m1)
2. An email or website address. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#m2)
3. A formal speech: an address to the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#m3)
4. Verb: to write an address on a letter or parcel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#m4)
5. Verb: to speak to someone or a group: «address the class». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#m5)
6. Verb: to deal with a problem: «address the issue». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#m6)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons: learn your own address and a parent's phone number in case you get lost; but never give your address to strangers or post it online. In writing lessons: address a letter or envelope. In manners: how to address adults (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Sir, Miss). Phrases: home address, email address, address book, change of address, address someone as, keynote address.

### Examples

- Do you know your home address? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#x1)
- Write the address on the envelope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#x2)
- Never share your address online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#x3)
- What's your email address? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#x4)
- The head teacher addressed the whole school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#x5)
- Address your teacher as Mr Smith or Ms Jones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#x6)
- We moved house, so we have a new address. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#x7)
- The president gave an address on TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#x8)
- When they were alone, Scheherazade addressed her thus: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/#x9)

### Note

Double d and double s: «address». Plural: addresses. Stress: noun is often «a-DRESS» (UK) or «AD-ress» (US), verb is «a-DRESS». Your address is private information, like your password.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «address» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/address/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«address» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/address.html) on Mova free.