noun / verb
address
uh-DRESS/əˈdres/
An identifier specifying where someone or something can be reached.
The visitor compares the envelope's address with the house number.
Etymology
The idea of directing something toward a destination became the written directions on a letter. From those directions, “address” came to mean the place where its recipient lives or can be found.
In context
the address has not only street and house, but also has a suite which should go straight to the address line 2.
More examples
- Please address the package to the main office.
- She sends the file to my new email address.
- The program stores the result at a different memory address.
Forms
address · addresses · addressed · addressing
Similar words
- location
- Identifies a place without necessarily providing a usable identifier.
- destination
- Names where something is headed rather than its identifying information.