<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.</li><li>A direction as to the intended recipient, written on or attached to a piece of mail.</li><li>The place or the name of the place where a person, organization, or the like is located or may be reached: What is your address when you're in Des Moines?</li><li>Manner of speaking to persons; personal bearing in conversation.</li><li>Skillful and expeditious management; ready skill; dispatch: to handle a matter with address.</li><li>Computers: a label, as an integer, symbol, or other set of characters, designating a location, register, etc., where information is stored in computer memory.</li><li>A set of characters designating an email account: Her email address ends in “.net,” not “.com.”</li><li>A set of characters designating the location of a website or a particular computer or other device on a network: URL He visits that website so often that its complete address comes up whenever he types its first letter into the address bar.</li><li>Government: a request to the executive by the legislature to remove a judge for unfitness.</li><li>Usually addresses: attentions paid by a suitor or lover; courtship.</li><li>Usually Address: the reply to the king's speech in the English Parliament.</li><li>Obsolete: preparation.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to direct a speech or written statement to: to address an assembly.</li><li>To use a specified form or title in speaking or writing to: Address the president as “Mr. President.”</li><li>To direct to the attention: He addressed his remarks to the lawyers in the audience.</li><li>To apply in speech (used reflexively, usually followed by to): He addressed himself to the leader.</li><li>To deal with or discuss: to address the issues.</li><li>To put the directions for delivery on: to address a letter.</li><li>Commerce: to consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.</li><li>To direct the energy or efforts of (usually followed by to): He addressed himself to the task.</li><li>Computers: to direct (data) to a specified memory location in a computer.</li><li>Golf: to take a stance and place the head of the club behind (the ball) preparatory to hitting it.</li><li>Obsolete: to woo; court.</li><li>Archaic: to give direction to; aim.</li><li>Obsolete: to prepare.</li></ul>