Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

addressing

/əˈdɹɛsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: ad-dress-ing
IPA: /əˈdɹɛsɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of address

noun

A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail

Uncountable

noun

Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage

Uncountable

noun

A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:addressing."
"Just as a social inferior should not adopt a domineering structure of words and addressings, so a social superior must manage to inject just the right degree of condescension into his or her locutions"

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

addressings (plural)

Derived Forms

multiaddressing

Phrases

addressing machine dynamic IP addressing logical block addressing

Rhymes With

dressing pressing blessing expressing guessing depressing messing assessing possessing progressing stressing suppressing

Questions

How do you pronounce addressing?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈdɹɛsɪŋ/.
What does addressing mean?: present participle and gerund of address

How to pronounce addressing

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