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noun where you live/work ADJ. home, private | business | contact Please leave a contact address. | forwarding, return There was no return address on the back of the envelope. | postal | full Please write your full postal address. | false, wrong He gave a false address to the police. | correct, right | useful | secret | fashionable Cheyne Walk was a very fashionable address. VERB + ADDRESS give, leave, write ADDRESS + NOUN book PREP. at a/the ~ I'm afraid there's nobody called Williams at this address. PHRASES a change of address Please inform us of any change of address. | name and address, no fixed address a man of no fixed address speech ADJ. short | inaugural, keynote, opening | public a public address system | radio, televised/television | election | presidential VERB + ADDRESS deliver, give The prime minister delivered the keynote address at the conference. PREP. in a/the ~ He gave details of the policy in an address to party members. | ~ by an address by the Chancellor of the University | ~ to a radio address to the nation, verb write name and address ADV. correctly, properly | personally The minister did not reply to my letter although I addressed it to him personally. PREP. to PHRASES a stamped addressed envelope Please send a stamped addressed envelope and we will send you a copy of our brochure. say sth to sb ADV. by name, directly She did not address him by name. He never addressed her directly. PREP. to He addressed his comments to the chairman. deal with problem ADV. directly, explicitly, specifically | fully | adequately These concerns were not adequately addressed in the report. | successfully VERB + ADDRESS seek to the problems we are seeking to address | fail to PHRASES address yourself to sth The authors of the book address themselves to the question of unemployment.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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noun
speech:
My address to the crowd was exciting.
verb
to make a formal speech to:
The president will address the crowd., noun
the location of a house or building:
Is this the right address?
Simple Definitions
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address
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + address
sb’s home/private address
• What’s your home address?
sb’s work/business/school address
• I sent the letter to her work address. • My business address is on my card.
sb’s email address
• I can’t find his email address.
a web/website address
• Just type in the web address.
a postal/mailing address
(= the place where a letter is sent )
• Please give your bank’s full postal address.
the full address
• They need the full address, including the postcode.
a forwarding address
(= a new address for sending mail to when you move from your old address )
• They moved without leaving a forwarding address.
a false/fake address
• He gave the police a false address.
sb’s old/new address
• I’ve only got his old address.
verbs
give somebody your address
• She refused to give me her address.
have/know sb’s address
• Do you know Helen’s address? • No one seems to have his address.
lose sb’s address
• I wanted to write to him, but I’ve lost his address.
phrases
sb’s name and address
• We’ll need your full name and address.
a change of address
(= a new address when you move to a different place )
• You need to inform your bank if there’s been a change of address.
of no fixed address
(= having no permanent home – used especially in news reports )
• a 25-year-old man of no fixed address
an address book
(= a book or a file on your computer, where you keep people’s addresses )
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