address.
Direction.
Meaning & usage
Direction. Guidance; help.
Direction. A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
Direction. A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
a man of pleasing or insinuating address
Direction. A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.
Direction. A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition. A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
Direction. An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
Direction. A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
The President's address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
Direction. The location of a property.
I went to his address but there was nobody there.
Direction. A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory.
The program will crash if there is no valid data stored at that address.
Direction. A string of characters identifying a node or range of nodes on a network (especially the Internet), such as an e-mail address, IP address or URL.
Preparation. Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability.
Preparation. The act of getting ready; preparation.
Preparation. The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dīs- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós Proto-Italic *rektos Latin rēctus Latin dīrēctus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -iāre Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre Old French drecier Old French adrecierbor. Middle English adressen English address From Middle English adressen (“to raise erect, adorn”), from Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”) (modern French adresser), from Proto-Romance *addīrēctiāre, from ad- (“to; towards”) + *dīrēctiāre (“to guide; to direct”), from Latin dīrēctus (“straight; right”), from dīrigō (“to lay straight; to direct”), itself from regō (“to govern, to rule”). Cognate with Spanish aderezar (“to garnish; dress (food); to add spices”).
To prepare oneself.
To direct speech.
To aim; to direct.
To prepare or make ready.
To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
To clothe or array; to dress.
To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.
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 direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
He addressed a letter.
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
The ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.
To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
To refer to a location in computer memory.
To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dīs- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós Proto-Italic *rektos Latin rēctus Latin dīrēctus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -iāre Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre Old French drecier Old French adrecierbor. Middle English adressen English address From Middle English adressen (“to raise erect, adorn”), from Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”) (modern French adresser), from Proto-Romance *addīrēctiāre, from ad- (“to; towards”) + *dīrēctiāre (“to guide; to direct”), from Latin dīrēctus (“straight; right”), from dīrigō (“to lay straight; to direct”), itself from regō (“to govern, to rule”). Cognate with Spanish aderezar (“to garnish; dress (food); to add spices”).
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