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(verb) speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" |
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Synonyms: speak to, turn to |
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Related Words: ask, communicate, intercommunicate |
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(verb) give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" |
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Synonyms: speak |
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Related Words: blaze away, harangue, keynote |
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(verb) speak to someone |
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Synonyms: accost, come up to |
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Related Words: approach, come, come up, greet, recognize |
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(verb) put an address on (an envelope, for example) |
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Synonyms: direct |
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Related Words: label, re-address |
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(verb) greet by a prescribed form; "He always addresses me with "Sir" |
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Related Words: call, name |
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(verb) direct a question at someone |
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Related Words: aim, direct, place, point, target |
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(verb) address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question |
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Related Words: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize |
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(noun) (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored |
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Synonyms: computer address |
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Related Words: code, computer code |
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(noun) written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location |
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Synonyms: destination, name and address |
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Related Words: direction, instruction, poste restante, return address |
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(noun) a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described |
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Related Words: street sign |
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(noun) the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain" |
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Related Words: delivery, manner of speaking, speech |
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(noun) a formal spoken communication delivered to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" |
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Synonyms: speech |
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Related Words: colloquium, discourse, epilog, epilogue, impromptu, inaugural, inaugural address, keynote address, keynote speech, lecture, litany, oral presentation, oratory, preaching, public lecture, public speaking, sermon, speaking, speech act, talk |
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(noun) the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with |
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Related Words: abode, business address, geographic point, geographical point, mailing address, residence, street address |
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(noun) social skill |
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Synonyms: savoir-faire |
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Related Words: tact, tactfulness |
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(verb) deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization" |
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Synonyms: cover, deal, handle, plow, treat, work |
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Related Words: broach, discourse, discuss, initiate, spiel, talk about |
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