meaning of addresses
1. To aim; to direct.
2. To prepare or make ready.
3. Reflexively: To prepare ones self; to apply ones skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
4. To clothe or array; to dress.
5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
6. 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.
7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
9. To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
10. To prepare ones self.
11. To direct speech.
12. Act of preparing ones self.
13. Act of addressing ones self to a person; verbal application.
14. 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.
15. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
16. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
17. Attention in the way ones addresses to a lady.
18. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
19. social skill
Related Words
address | addressable | addressed | addressee | addressing | addressing machine | addression | addressograph | local loopback addresses | [addresses?] |
