BrainyQuote Logo
Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Definition of Address

Address

  1. To aim; to direct.
  2. To prepare or make ready.
  3. Reflexively: To prepare one's self; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
  4. To clothe or array; to dress.
  5. To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience).
  6. 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; to accost.
  7. To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
  8. To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
  9. To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
  10. To prepare one's self.
  11. To direct speech.
  12. Act of preparing one's self.
  13. Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
  14. A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal statement on some subject or special occasion; as, an address of thanks, an address to the voters.
  15. Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
  16. Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.
  17. Attention in the way one's addresses to a lady.
  18. Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.

Address Quotations

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.
Barack Obama

My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created.
Barack Obama

If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
Jerry Garcia

Nothing succeeds like address.
Fran Lebowitz
More "Address" Quotations

Address Translations

address in Afrikaans is adres, toespreek, adresseer
address in Danish is adresse
address in Dutch is adresseren
address in Finnish is osoite
address in German is Anschrift {m}, Adresse {f}
address in Italian is rivolgere la parola, indirizzo, nominativo
address in Latin is oratio, aggredior, adicio
address in Norwegian is adresse
address in Swedish is tilltala, adress, utanskrift, rikta, adressera

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.