addressing

English

Pronunciation

enPR: ədrĕsʹĭŋ, IPA^(key): /əˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɛsɪŋ
Hyphenation: ad‧dress‧ing
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Verb

addressing

present participle of address

Noun

addressing (usually uncountable, plural addressings)

A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
(computing) Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
(linguistics) A mode, manner, or form of direct one's speech to an audience.
- 2010, R. S. Perinbanayagam, Discursive acts: language, signs, and selves, page 118:
  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

Translations

the process of placing an address on something

Finnish: osoitteen määrittäminen
French: adressage (fr) m

Portuguese: endereçamento (pt) m

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Translations to be checked

Danish: adressering
Finnish: viittaus (fi)
French: adressage (fr)
German: Adressierung

Icelandic: viðfenging
Norwegian: adressering
Swedish: adressering (sv) c

Anagrams

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