- [countable] details of where somebody lives or works and where letters, etc. can be sent
- What's your name and address?
- I'll give you my address and phone number.
- Is that your home address?
- Please note my change of address.
- There was no return address on the envelope.
- (especially North American English) Each entry must include a valid mailing address.
- (British English usually) a postal address
- Police found him at an address (= a house or flat) in West London.
- people with no fixed address (= with no permanent home)
Extra Examples- She gave a false address to the police.
- I'm afraid there's nobody called Williams at this address.
- Please inform us of any change of address.
- Please leave a contact address.
- Please write your full postal address.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- home
- private
- business
- …
- give
- leave
- write
- …
- book
- at an/the address
- a change of address
- name and address
- no fixed address
- …
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- [countable] (computing) a series of words and symbols that tells you where you can find something using a computer or phone, for example on the internet
- What's your email address?
- The project has a new web address.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Internet
- Web
- …
- [countable] a formal speech that is made in front of an audience
- tonight’s televised presidential address
Synonyms speechspeechlecture ▪ address ▪ talk ▪ sermonThese are all words for a talk given to an audience.speech a formal talk given to an audience:- Several people made speeches at the wedding.
- a lecture on the Roman army
- a course/series of lectures
- a televised presidential address
- She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.
- to preach a sermon
- a long/short speech/lecture/address/talk/sermon
- a keynote speech/lecture/address
- to write/prepare/give/deliver/hear a(n) speech/lecture/address/talk/sermon
- to attend/go to a lecture/talk
Collocations Voting in electionsVoting in electionsRunning for election- conduct/hold an election/a referendum
- (especially North American English) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
- (especially British English) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
- hold/call/contest a general/national election
- launch/run a presidential election campaign
- support/back a candidate
- sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
- appeal to/attract/woo/target (North American English) swing voters/(British English) floating voters
- fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
- go to/be turned away from (especially British English) a polling station/(North American English) a polling place
- cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
- vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
- mark/spoil your ballot paper
- count (British English) the postal votes/(especially North American English) the absentee ballots
- go to/be defeated at the ballot box
- get/win/receive/lose votes
- get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
- win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
- lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
- win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
- elect/re-elect somebody (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
- be sworn into office/in as president
- take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
- swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
- give/deliver (in the US) the president’s inaugural address
- take/enter/hold/leave office
- appoint somebody (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
- form a government/a cabinet
- serve two terms as prime minister/in office
Extra Examples- The union leader gave a short but impassioned public address.
- an address by the Chancellor of the University
- a radio address to the nation
- a public address system
- The Secretary General delivered the keynote address at the conference.
- He gave details of the policy in an address to party members.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- short
- commencement
- farewell
- …
- deliver
- give
- in an/the address
- address by
- address to
- …
- [uncountable] form/mode of address the correct title, etc. to use when you talk to somebody
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’.
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