addressing
verbnounattested in dialogue
- //əˈdɹɛsɪŋ//
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
verb
- 1
Also a form of addresspresent participle and gerund of address
For quotations using this term, see Citations:addressing.
noun
- 1
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
- 2
Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
- 3
A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.
Just as a social inferior should not adopt a domineering structure of words and addressings, so a social superior must manage to inject just the right degree of condescension into his or her locutions
Forms
- plural
- addressings
additional · Supplemental or added to something.address · Direction. A manner of speaking or writing to another;…addressed · Of a document, marked with an address.
addressing · A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
Adelaide · A female given name from the Germanic languages.adele · An infinite sequence consisting of a real number and a p-adic…Adele · A female given name from the Germanic languages.