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add - address - admit

Pronunciation

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noun
verb

Noun

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Singular
address

Plural
addresses

a letter with an address in Bulgaria
  1. (countable) An address is the location where a building is or where a person lives.

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Verb

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Plain form
address

Third-person singular
addresses

Past tense
addressed

Past participle
addressed

Present participle
addressing

  1. (transitive) If you address a person, you refer to them using a name or title.
    You will address me as Sir from now on.
  2. (transitive) If you address a group, you talk in front of it.
    The Prime Minister will address the United Nations.
  3. (transitive) If you address a letter, you write an address on it.
    She addressed the envelope to "Mr. John Black."

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