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4 VERB If you address a group of people, you give a speech to them. □ [V n] He is due to address a conference on human rights next week. ● N‑COUNT Address is also a noun. □ [+ to ] The President gave an address to the American people.

5 VERB If you address someone or address a remark to them, you say something to them. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The two foreign ministers did not address each other directly when they last met. □ [V n + to ] He addressed his remarks to Eleanor, ignoring Maria.

6 VERB If you address a problem or task or if you address yourself to it, you try to understand it or deal with it. □ [V n] Mr King sought to address those fears when he spoke at the meeting. □ [V pron-refl + to ] Throughout the book we have addressed ourselves to the problem of ethics. COLLOCATIONS address VERB

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address+ noun : audience, crowd, gathering, rally; conference, meeting

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address+ noun : concern, issue, problem, question; challenge, crisis, shortage, situation

address+ adverb : adequately, appropriately, effectively, properly, satisfactorily; immediately, urgently

ad|dre ss book (address books )

1 N‑COUNT An address book is a book in which you write people's names and addresses.

2 N‑COUNT An address book is a computer file which contains a list of email addresses. [COMPUTING ]

ad|dressee /æ dresiː / (addressees ) N‑COUNT The addressee of a letter or parcel is the person or company that it is addressed to. [FORMAL ]

ad|duce /ædjuː s, [AM ] -duː s/ (adduces , adducing , adduced ) VERB If you adduce something such as a fact or reason, you mention it in order to support an argument. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] We can adduce evidence to support the claim.

ad|enoids /æ d I nɔ I dz/ N‑PLURAL Adenoids are soft lumps of flesh at the back and top of a person's throat that sometimes become swollen and have to be removed.

adept /æde pt/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully. □ [+ at ] He's usually very adept at keeping his private life out of the media. ●  adept|ly /æde ptli/ ADV [ADV with v] □  The therapist adeptly manipulated and massaged my body.

ad|equa|cy /æ d I kwəsi/ N‑UNCOUNT Adequacy is the quality of being good enough or great enough in amount to be acceptable.

ad|equate ◆◇◇ /æ d I kwət/ ADJ [oft ADJ to-inf] If something is adequate , there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted. □  One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes. □  The old methods weren't adequate to meet current needs. [Also + for ] ●  ad|equate|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  Many students are not adequately prepared for higher education. □  I speak the language adequately.

ADHD /e I diː e I tʃ diː / ADHD is an abbreviation for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder .

ad|here /ædh I ə ^r / (adheres , adhering , adhered )

1 VERB If you adhere to a rule or agreement, you act in the way that it says you should. □ [V + to ] All members of the association adhere to a strict code of practice.

2 VERB If you adhere to an opinion or belief, you support or hold it. □ [V + to ] If you can't adhere to my values, then you have to find another place to live.

3 VERB If something adheres to something else, it sticks firmly to it. □ [V + to ] Small particles adhere to the seed. □ [V adv/prep] This sticky compound adheres well on this surface. [Also V ]

ad|her|ence /ædh I ə rəns/ N‑UNCOUNT Adherence is the fact of adhering to a particular rule, agreement, or belief. □ [+ to ] …strict adherence to the constitution.