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counteraddress

counteraddress noun: a speech or address made in response to another speech.

Noun

counteraddress (plural counteraddresses)

  1. A speech or address made in response to another speech.
    • We have received the addresses for removing the chancellor, and the counteraddresses from the lords and convocation; and you will know, before this reaches you, our sentiments of them here.Dece,ber 31 1713, Jonathan Swift, letter to the Archbishop of Dublin (William King)

Forms of counteraddress

pluralcounteraddresses

Origin of counteraddress

From counter- + address.

Questions about counteraddress

What does counteraddress mean?
Counteraddress means a speech or address made in response to another speech.
What part of speech is counteraddress?
Counteraddress is a noun.
What is the plural of counteraddress?
The plural of counteraddress is counteraddresses.

Words near counteraddress in the dictionary

  1. counteradaptations
  2. counteradaptative
  3. counteradapted
  4. counteradaptive
  5. counteradaptivity
  6. counteraddress
  7. counteraddresses
  8. counteradhesive
  9. counteradvance
  10. counteradvances
  11. counteradvantage

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