address
US: /ˈæˌdɹɛs/, /əˈdɹɛs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
address /ə'dres/
- danh từ
- địa chỉ
- bài nói chuyện, diễn văn
- cách nói năng; tác phong lúc nói chuyện
- sự khéo léo, sự khôn ngoan
- (số nhiều) sự ngỏ ý, sự tỏ tình, sự tán tỉnh
- to pay one's addresses to a lady: tán tỉnh một bà, tỏ tình với một bà
- (thương nghiệp) sự gửi đi một chuyến tàu hàng
- ngoại động từ
- đề địa chỉ
- to a letter: đề địa chỉ trên một bức thư
- gửi
- to address a letter to somebody: gửi một bức thư cho ai
- xưng hô, gọi
- how to address an ambassador: xưng hô như thế nào với một đại sứ
- nói với, nói chuyện với, diễn thuyết trước; viết cho
- to oneself to someone: nói với ai; viết (thư) cho ai
- to address an audience: nói với thính giả, diễn thuyết trước thính giả
- to address oneself to chăm chú, toàn tâm toàn ý
- to address oneself to a task: toàn tâm toàn ý với nhiệm vụ
- (thể dục,thể thao) nhắm
- to address the ball: nhắm quả bóng (trước khi đánh gôn)
- đề địa chỉ
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] details of where sb lives or works and where letters, etc. can be sent: What's your name and address? + I'll give you my address and telephone number. + Is that your home address? + an address book (= that you write addresses and phone numbers in) + an e-mail address + Please note my change of address. + Police found him at an address (= a house or flat / apartment) in West London. + people of no fixed address (= with no permanent home)
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2 [C] a formal speech that is made in front of an audience: tonight's televised presidential address
3 [U] form / mode of ~ the correct title, etc. to use when you talk to sb
+ verb [VN]
1 [usually passive] ~ sth (to sb/sth) to write on an envelope, etc. the name and address of the person, company, etc. that you are sending it to by mail: The letter was correctly addressed, but delivered to the wrong house. + Address your application to the Personnel Manager.
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2 to make a formal speech to a group of people: to address a meeting / rally / conference + The President has been asked to address the assembly.
3 ~ sb
~ sth to sb (formal) to say sth directly to sb: I was surprised when he addressed me in English. + Any questions should be addressed to your teacher. + The book is addressed to the general reader.
4 ~ sb (as sth) to use a particular name or title for sb when you speak or write to them: There are different ways in which to address a member of the royal family. + The judge should be addressed as 'Your Honour'. + In Britain, a surgeon is addressed as 'Mr' not 'Dr'.
5 ~ (yourself to) sth (formal) to think about a problem or a situation and decide how you are going to deal with it: Your essay does not address the real issues. + We must address ourselves to the problem of traffic pollution.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 speech, talk, discourse, oration, lecture; sermon:
The Prime Minister's address to the nation was broadcast last night.
2 location, whereabouts:
She couldn't write to me because she didn't have my address.
v.
3 speak or talk to; deliver or give a speech to; lecture:
After the coup, the general addressed the crowd in the square.
4 greet, hail, accost, approach:
She was addressing strangers in the street to ask their views on women's rights.
5 address oneself to. devote or direct or apply oneself to:
After the holidays, I again addressed myself to studying for examinations.
Collocation dictionary
1 where you live/work
ADJ.
home, private | business | contact
Please leave a contact address.
| forwarding, return
There was no return address on the back of the envelope.
| postal | full
Please write your full postal address.
| false, wrong
He gave a false address to the police.
| correct, right | useful | secret | fashionable
Cheyne Walk was a very fashionable address.
VERB + ADDRESS
give, leave, write
ADDRESS + NOUN
book
PREP.
at a/the ~
I'm afraid there's nobody called Williams at this address.
PHRASES
a change of address
Please inform us of any change of address.
| name and address, no fixed address
a man of no fixed address
2 speech
ADJ.
short | inaugural, keynote, opening | public
a public address system
| radio, televised/television | election | presidential
VERB + ADDRESS
deliver, give
The prime minister delivered the keynote address at the conference.
PREP.
in a/the ~
He gave details of the policy in an address to party members.
| ~ by
an address by the Chancellor of the University
| ~ to
a radio address to the nation
1 write name and address
ADV.
correctly, properly | personally
The minister did not reply to my letter although I addressed it to him personally.
PREP.
to
PHRASES
a stamped addressed envelope
Please send a stamped addressed envelope and we will send you a copy of our brochure.
2 say sth to sb
ADV.
by name, directly
She did not address him by name. He never addressed her directly.
PREP.
to
He addressed his comments to the chairman.
3 deal with problem
ADV.
directly, explicitly, specifically | fully | adequately
These concerns were not adequately addressed in the report.
| successfully
VERB + ADDRESS
seek to
the problems we are seeking to address
| fail to
PHRASES
address yourself to sth
The authors of the book address themselves to the question of unemployment.
Concise English dictionary
addrest|addresses|addressed|addressingə'dres
noun
+(computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
+the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
+the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
+the manner of speaking to another individual
+a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
+written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
+the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball
+social skill
verb
+speak to
+give a speech to
+put an address on (an envelope)
+direct a question at someone
+address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
+greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
+access or locate by address
+deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression
+speak to someone
+adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
