🇬🇧 Address meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To address something means to write the name and the place where it should go, like writing who a letter is for and what house it should be delivered to on an envelope or a parcel.

My cousin addressed the parcel to me and wrote “Do Not Open Without Making a Dramatic Gaspy Face.”

I addressed the envelope to my cousin, then drew a giant arrow so the mail carrier wouldn’t miss it.

I tried to address the envelope to my neighbor, but I forgot their number and wrote “The House With the Loud Dog.”

I addressed the envelope to “My Future Self” and used our address, so I guess I sent a letter straight through time.

My brother addressed his birthday card to himself, just in case everyone else forgot his birthday.

Grandma shows him how to address the envelope: name on top, town below. She taps his hand, "Address the parcel like that," she says. He practices: address the card, address the label, address each line. He walks to the red postbox and drops them. Grandma wipes a tear and claps.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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