Слово англійською: address
Дієслово
Переклад address українською: виступати, звертатися, посилати, спрямовувати
Детальний опис
- (formal) to think about a problem or a situation and decide how you are going to deal with it
- address something Your essay does not address the real issues.
- to address a problem/concern/question
- The policy fails to address the needs of people on low incomes.
- address yourself to something We must address ourselves to the problem of traffic pollution.
- [often passive] to write on an envelope, etc. the name and address of the person, company, etc. that you are sending it to by mail
- be addressed The letter was correctly addressed, but delivered to the wrong house.
- address something (to somebody/something) Address your application to the General Manager.
compare readdress see also sae, SASE
- to make a formal speech to a group of people
- to address a meeting/conference
- The President has been asked to address the assembly.
- (formal) to say something directly to somebody
- address somebody I was surprised when he addressed me in English.
- address something to somebody Any questions should be addressed to your teacher.
- The book is addressed to the general reader.
- to use a particular name or title for somebody when you speak or write to them
- address somebody There are different ways in which to address a member of the royal family.
- address somebody as something The judge should be addressed as ‘Your Honour’.
- address somebody by something She did not address him by name.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb in the senses ‘set upright’ and ‘guide, direct’, hence ‘write directions for delivery on’ and ‘direct spoken words to’): from Old French, based on Latin ad- ‘towards’ + directus past participle of dirigere, from di- ‘distinctly’ or de- ‘down’ + regere ‘put straight’. The noun is of mid 16th-cent. origin in the sense ‘act of approaching or speaking to somebody’.