addressed

/ษ™หˆdษนษ›st/

IPA: /AH0 D R EH1 S T/

verb
  1. 1

    To prepare oneself.

  2. 2

    To direct speech.

  3. 3

    To aim; to direct.

  4. 4

    To prepare or make ready.

  5. 5

    To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.

  6. 6

    To direct oneโ€™s remarks (to someone).

  7. 7

    To clothe or array; to dress.

  8. 8

    To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).

    โ€œHe addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.โ€

  9. 9

    To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.

  10. 10

    To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.

    โ€œHe addressed a letter.โ€

  11. 11

    To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.

  12. 12

    To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.

    โ€œThe ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.โ€

  13. 13

    To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech or discourse to.

  14. 14

    To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.

  15. 15

    To refer to a location in computer memory.

  16. 16

    To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).

adjective
  1. 1

    (of a piece of mail or other communication) Listed with sufficient routing information to reach a destination.

  2. 2

    Having been the audience for an address, speech or presentation.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/address, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/addressed