¹ address verb

• to write on an envelope, package, letter, etc., the name and address of the person or business it is being sent to
• to speak to (a person or group)
• to use a specified name or title when speaking or writing to (someone)—+ as

² address noun

• the words and numbers that are used to describe the location of a building and that are written on letters, envelopes, and packages so that they can be mailed to that location
• the letters, numbers, and symbols that are used to direct an e-mail message or to show the location of a site on the Internet
• a formal speech