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Past tense of address

regular verb

The past tense of address is addressed. The past participle is also addressed.

Forms of address

Base form (V1)address /əˈdɹɛs/
Past tense (V2)addressed /əˈdɹɛst/
Past participle (V3)addressed /əˈdɹɛst/
Present participleaddressing /əˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
Third person singularaddresses /əˈdɹɛsɪz/

Addressed in a sentence

  • It is to the illustration and explanation of a few such relics of ruder times, as they are preserved like fossils in the Old Testament, that I have addressed myself in the present work.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page vii
  • He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.
  • The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.From the entry that
  • The package was addressed to someone we didn't know, so we returned it to the sender.From the entry sender
  • The topic in question is not something that can be easily addressed due to its sensitivity.From the entry in question

Meaning of address

  1. noun Guidance; help.
  2. noun A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
  3. noun A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.

Full definition of address

Questions about the past tense of address

What is the past tense of address?
The past tense of address is addressed.
What is the past participle of address?
The past participle of address is addressed.
Is address a regular or irregular verb?
Address is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: address (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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