address
speak to
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,565 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,700 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- speak to also: turn to He addressed the crowd outside the window
- give a speech to also: speak The chairman addressed the board of trustees
- put an address on (an envelope) also: direct
- direct a question at someone
- address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
- greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name also: call He always addresses me with `Sir'Call me Mister
address in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Nothing was easier, since she had his address,--Rue Turenne.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Then follows a short address "To the Readers" of the Almanack.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 1
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British and European subscribers should address B.H. Blackwell, Broad Street, Oxford, England.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1
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A few days before a famous speaker had given an address on an ethical subject at Yale.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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To it a Mahatma is a kind of spiritual Mrs. Harris, giving an address in Thibet at which no letters are delivered.
The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story · H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard · Chapter 1