verb, noun · academic
address
UK/əˈdres/US/əˈdrɛs/ad·DRESS
to deal with a problem or speak to a group
Examples
“The report addresses the causes of traffic congestion in the city.”
“The ambassador addressed the assembly on climate policy.”
“Please write your full postal address on the form.”
Band 8 sentence
“In her closing remarks the chairperson addressed the systemic inequalities in the funding formula and proposed concrete remedies.”
Collocations
- address an issue
- address concerns
- address the audience
Word family
Common mistakes
address to the audience→address the audience
discuss the issue (when you mean to solve it)→address the issue
Say it for a higher band
5talk about→6deal with→7+address
Synonyms
deal with
speak to
Easily confused
speak to
“The minister spoke to the audience about recent reforms.”
deal with
“This policy should help deal with rising unemployment.”
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