address
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/əˈdɹɛs/]
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Senses
1. address (noun) — sense 1
Definition: Direction.: Guidance; help.
2. address (noun) — sense 2
Definition: Direction.: A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
Example: [H]e was thus agreeable, and I neither insensible of his Perfections, nor displeased at his Addresses to me […].
3. address (noun) — sense 3
Definition: Direction.: A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
Example: a man of pleasing or insinuating address
4. address (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To prepare oneself.
Example: Let us address to tend on Hector's heels.
5. address (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To direct speech.
Example: Young Turnus to the Beaubteous Maid addreſs’d.
6. address (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To aim; to direct.
Example: And this good knight his way with me addrest.
Structure of the word
Roots:- h₃reǵ (Proto-Indo-European)
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