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addressings

addressings is the plural of addressing.

Meaning of addressing

Noun

addressing (usually uncountable, plural addressings)

  1. (usually) A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
  2. (usually) Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
  3. (usually) A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.
    • 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 locutions2010, R. S. Perinbanayagam, Discursive acts: language, signs, and selves, page 118

Questions about addressings

What is addressings the plural of?
Addressings is the plural of addressing.

Words near addressings in the dictionary

  1. addressin
  2. addressing
  3. addressing machine
  4. addressing machines
  5. addressing the ball
  6. addressings
  7. addressins
  8. addression
  9. addressions
  10. addressive
  11. addressives

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