address

Everyday

1. The details of where a person lives or a building is: house number, street, town, postcode or ZIP code. tree →
2. An email or website address. tree →
3. A formal speech: an address to the school. tree →
4. Verb: to write an address on a letter or parcel. tree →
5. Verb: to speak to someone or a group: «address the class». tree →
6. Verb: to deal with a problem: «address the issue». tree →

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 →
• Write the address on the envelope. tree →
• Never share your address online. tree →
• What's your email address? tree →
• The head teacher addressed the whole school. tree →
• Address your teacher as Mr Smith or Ms Jones. tree →
• We moved house, so we have a new address. tree →
• The president gave an address on TV. tree →
• When they were alone, Scheherazade addressed her thus: tree →

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.