I.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fashionable resort/area/address etc
▪ He runs a fashionable restaurant near the Harbor.
a letter is addressed to sb (=has their name and address on the envelope)
▪ The letter was addressed to Mr. John Appleby.
address a conference (=give a speech at one)
▪ He received a warm welcome when he addressed the conference.
address a meeting (=speak to the people at a meeting)
▪ A member of Greenpeace addressed the protest meeting.
address a question (=start trying to deal with it)
▪ Two questions need to be addressed.
address a rally (=speak to the crowd at a rally)
▪ The next evening he addressed a large anti-government rally.
address the jury (=speak to it)
▪ The defence lawyer stood up to address the jury.
address your remarks to sb (=make your remarks to someone)
▪ He addressed all his remarks to her husband.
an email address
▪ What’s your email address?
an Internet address (=the address of a website)
▪ The company charges $100 to register a new internet address.
forwarding address
▪ Did she leave a forwarding address?
home address/number (=the address or telephone number of your house)
IP address
keynote speech/address/lecture etc
▪ He is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at an awards ceremony.
leave...forwarding address
▪ Did she leave a forwarding address?
return address
stamped addressed envelope
tackle/address a problem (=deal with it)
▪ There is more than one way to tackle this problem.
web address
website address
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
email
▪ The email address can be broken down into two parts.
▪ For example, they might send themselves to all the contacts in your email address book.
▪ Where can I pet an email address?
▪ You should get at least one email address thrown in by your Internet Provider with your access account.
▪ To help the process, Napster has published the email addresses of key music business execs on its site.
▪ For example, make sure you have some kind of contact point-an email address is the minimum.
▪ An email address isn't enough.
▪ How do I read an email address?
full
▪ Please include your own full address details so that we can keep you informed.
▪ Include your full name and address, and request that your name be removed from their mailing list.
▪ To comply with the intermediate advert requirements the advert must include a full postal address or phone number. 8.
▪ The reason for the full name and address?
▪ It is not necessary to state the full address of the property being purchased.
▪ Correct Addressing and Packaging Show the full correct postal address which should include the post town and postcode.
▪ Would you be good enough to re-advise me of your full address so that I can send the documents to you?
▪ Never give your full address to some one that you have just spent your first evening with.
inaugural
▪ She game her first inaugural address at the diocesan meeting held in Chester.
▪ To be sure, an inaugural address is not the occasion for a president to list the details of his legislative agenda.
▪ This is the same president who did not raise a single foreign policy issue in his second inaugural address.
▪ They invited Ramsey to give the inaugural address.
▪ Clinton repeated his call, made in his first inaugural address in 1993, for political reform.
▪ The president closed the speech with a return to the racial healing theme of his Jan. 20 inaugural address.
▪ The elaborate cycle was repeated numerous times as the inaugural address neared.
opening
▪ The opening address lasted two and a half hours, shorter than I'd expected.
▪ After the last prosecution witness had given his statement, Kesselring's defence counsel rose to give his opening address.
presidential
▪ Perhaps this was best articulated in the course of the presidential address to the Association by Sidney Lee in 1918.
▪ His presidential address in New York dwelt on the importance of communication between science and industry.
public
▪ His own followers cheered him repeatedly as the rhetoric boomed out through the slight electronic distortion of the public address systems.
▪ They gathered each night in a 228-car parking lot, speaking over a public address system.
▪ He didn't see why he shouldn't have a stab at the more serious mode of public address.
▪ Yes, there is a public address system, but I don't believe that is working either.
▪ The doors had come open and there was a voice on a public address system shouting something.
▪ All it lacks is the screaming public address announcer to be a total steal, and a bad one at that.
▪ Selection of appropriate communication media, including the use of notice boards, paging devices and public address systems.
▪ In 1993, when they re-emerged to give public addresses, they numbered 24.
return
▪ L.P.E has many database functions for storing commonly used addresses and can automatically print a return address on each envelope if required.
▪ Just a look at the return address: Office of the Jury Commissioner.
▪ And there will need to be a note on return address, return by date etc.
▪ Not only is the return address on the e-mail almost certainly fraudulent, but responding to spam creates more traffic.
▪ Apart from noting the return addresses on the envelope, those who stayed didn't think much about the world outside.
▪ The return address was left blank, and a list of suspects could prove endless.
▪ In some cases they note the original postmark and return address.
▪ Sandarusi said he did not notice a return address.
■ NOUN
book
▪ An address book with ambiguous leads.
▪ The address book stores all the essential name and address details and provides room for telephone numbers and a general comment.
▪ Address controller can print in many formats from name and address book to Roladex/Index card.
▪ Ray Rawlins called everybody he knew and told them to bring whisky; then he went through his address book for girls.
▪ This feat is achieved visually by using tabs along the bottom of the worksheets which mimic the tabs in an address book.
▪ After the address book came the false names.
contact
▪ The video box illustration carries various official body contact addresses on the back for further information on the river.
▪ Gave the name of his solicitors in London as his contact address.
▪ These advertisements generally use a Box number at the publication as the contact address and may be placed by the client.
▪ There is also a list of productions screened during the event, with synopses, technical details and contact addresses.
▪ Do you have any other contact address?
▪ The contact telephone number and the contact address he had memorised.
▪ See page 29-30 for more information and contact addresses.
home
▪ It is called a synonym, and will overflow from its natural home address because that is already full.
▪ The Department of Correction, in a blunder Ryan shakes her head over still, inadvertently gave Carter her home address.
▪ I made a note of Mahoney's home address and returned the paper to the waste basket.
▪ A graduation program from 1930 lists the now world-famed cook as Julia McWilliams, her home address as Pasadena.
▪ Very large numbers of synonyms for even a few home addresses can make it impractical, however.
▪ She made no mention of her activities at Denison House, listing it only as her home address.
▪ In the nomination paper the candidate must set out his surname and other names in full and, his home address.
▪ Like many, Martin had lied about his home address in order to get into a school in a better neighborhood.
keynote
▪ The keynote address was given by Sir Desmond Lorimer, who also presented the awards to the winners.
▪ She was the first black woman to make a keynote address to the national convention of a major political party.
▪ Stewart's keynote address Sunday, which featured slides of her kitchen renovations, did little to perk them up.
▪ Molinari delivers the keynote address on Tuesday.
▪ Bill Gates will supposedly do the honours himself in his Windows World keynote address.
▪ Despite her keynote address at the 1996 Republican National Convention, her national profile remains low.
▪ Susan Molinari, who never mentioned the issue in her keynote address.
system
▪ His own followers cheered him repeatedly as the rhetoric boomed out through the slight electronic distortion of the public address systems.
▪ They gathered each night in a 228-car parking lot, speaking over a public address system.
▪ The doors had come open and there was a voice on a public address system shouting something.
▪ Yes, there is a public address system, but I don't believe that is working either.
▪ Selection of appropriate communication media, including the use of notice boards, paging devices and public address systems.
▪ There was a public address system for the music and her house was vibrating.
▪ There was a crackle of static, like a public address system at a church social, then another record started.
▪ A new public address system will be installed and the cabs modified to suit driver-only operation.
■ VERB
change
▪ You change your name and address and never tell a soul you saw it.
▪ The idea was that this woman, Mrs MarIa Baker,. had changed addresses recently.
▪ Residence changed in April - address to follow.
▪ She would look forward to changing her address, she decided.
▪ By changing this address to that of the new driver all the data is re-routed through the interface.
▪ I stayed on the club's committee, even though the burden of the general cost of living made me change address.
▪ So, we're in the process of changing the affected addresses on the list at this end.
deliver
▪ She attended Wellesley College where she was the first student to deliver the graduation address.
▪ In January 1961, Eisenhower delivered his farewell address.
▪ But after their three-hour presentation, Ranieri rose to deliver the closing address.
▪ It wasn't Rudy intention to play the role of the Gipper or deliver an address like Lincoln at Gettysburg.
▪ Molinari delivers the keynote address on Tuesday.
▪ Clinton appeared unruffled by the last-minute hitch, delivering his hour-long address in a crisp and fluid style.
▪ President Herrera, as customary, delivered the opening address.
give
▪ Once assembled, they are welcomed by the captain and the judge for the day gives a short address.
▪ She looked at Tony, and hesitated, and then gave me the address in a clear voice.
▪ Was he wise to give Joanne Menzies his address?
▪ And the president was not likely to complete his revisions until shortly before he gives his noon address.
▪ In 1996, Internet service providers will help solve the problem, giving users number-free addresses based on their real names.&038;.
▪ The newspaper John Hebden worked for had told Dexter the journalist was on holiday and gave out his address in Acton.
▪ The man did not think that Boy ever gave his address or phone number to anyone.
use
▪ Oonagh used it as an address for letters.
▪ He was using false addresses on every form he filled out.
▪ Wellcome therefore adopted a different approach to meet this problem and developed a separate management information system using extracts from the address.
▪ Clinton used his weekly radio address to urge Congress to pass a health-care overhaul bill sponsored by Sen.
▪ This is usually the case when fixed-point binary format is used to represent store addresses, for example.
▪ Entering a name into the diary for instance can be used to trigger an address search.
▪ So, using the public address you send, to that zone only, a warning for them to take care.
▪ All this information must also be included on captions, and if plain paper is being used the address should be added.
write
▪ Please write your name and address on the back.
▪ We can be contacted by writing to the address below or telephone where sponsorship forms can be obtained.
▪ The court allowed him to write the address on a piece of paper, rather than state it publicly.
▪ She labelled them neatly, writing the addresses in ball point pen and capital letters.
▪ Victoria hastily wrote down an address, and ran off just in time to catch the bus coming down the hill.
▪ Please write to the address above for details.
▪ If you have any legal queries, write the address on page three.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be of/have no fixed abode/address
▪ Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
▪ I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
contact number/address/details
▪ Books can be entered and modified as can contact details.
▪ Frequently there is no contact number, so even if we like the music, we can't do much about it.
▪ Gave the name of his solicitors in London as his contact address.
▪ The video box illustration carries various official body contact addresses on the back for further information on the river.
▪ These advertisements generally use a Box number at the publication as the contact address and may be placed by the client.
▪ These provide the contact details and an indication of charges for more than 20 online brokers.
▪ This time we have remembered to put our contact numbers below.
deliver a speech/lecture/address etc
▪ All the staff of the company director delivered a speech.
▪ But the spectre of delivering a speech brown-nosing the teachers jammed her imagination.
▪ Fidel Castro delivering speeches in the fields and plazas.
▪ It wasn't Rudy intention to play the role of the Gipper or deliver an address like Lincoln at Gettysburg.
▪ Mr Delors was at the London School of Economics, less than a mile away, delivering a lecture.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I checked my address book for Rick's house number.
▪ Notify your credit card company of any change of address.
▪ What's your address and telephone number?
▪ Write down your name, address, and phone number.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In these years he often changed his address in the East End of London.
▪ She ended her address by describing her personal image of the Holy Spirit.
▪ To win one of ten free memberships, send your name and address on a postcard to Club BonViveur.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
directly
▪ The question of particle numbers is not directly addressed.
▪ Instead these concerns and fears should be brought out and directly addressed.
▪ The vocative case indicates that the person or thing being named is being addressed directly, eg Yes, sir.
▪ Every master directly addressed only some ten or so assistants, who in turn taught the pupils.
▪ It will be seen that this falls somewhat short of the first resort approach, which the brief does not directly address.
▪ This meant transforming Elizabeth into a type of divine principal whose sexuality was not directly addressed.
▪ There have been only limited studies which directly address the effect of cholesteryl esters on the stability of biologic membranes.
to
▪ Or how energy impinging on the nervous system is transformed into information in, or addressed to, the nervous system.
■ NOUN
audience
▪ Administrator Michael Barnes was given a standing ovation after addressing the audience.
▪ Gabriel, acting as narrator and addressing the audience throughout, comes to realize he has never truly known his wife.
▪ It did not disconcert Sly that he found himself addressing an audience who were all wearing false dingo ears.
▪ He said he found this a useful trick when addressing restive or sleepy audiences.
▪ It can be said he was addressing a captive audience ... of stooges.
▪ They have to address an unseen audience through the camera and they can prepare a script for their talk.
▪ On 22 April there was a mass rally at the Albert Hall where Mosley addressed an audience of 10,000 supporters.
conference
▪ This particular conference also addresses the way in which teachers can be supported in their research.
▪ I announced such a review at a conference that I addressed the other day.
▪ This, to us, highlights the opportunism of this conference in failing to address the pressing basic issues which confront women.
convention
▪ It was the first opportunity for the second-term congressman and former television producer to address a national political convention.
▪ The departure came just hours before Clinton triumphantly addressed the convention delegates, who unanimously nominated him for re-election Wednesday night.
▪ One of the last great red-hot liberals addressed the Democratic convention Tuesday, but he was something of an afterthought.
crowd
▪ Sukarno began to tour Java, addressing massive crowds on the theme of the awakening of national consciousness.
▪ Leaders of the opposition coalition Zajedno, or Together, address the crowd.
▪ Finbar O'Doherty was cheered loudly when he mounted the stairway to address the crowd.
▪ DiMaggio did not address the crowd, but when he lifted his arms to receive their cheers, no words were necessary.
▪ A mixture of sorrow and jubilation punctuated the voices of those who addressed the crowds.
▪ In addition to addressing the crowds as he journeyed through Galilee and around Jerusalem, he drew aside to be with his closest associates.
▪ He addressed a crowd of his civilian supporters at Baabda on Oct. 12, when he only narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.
envelope
▪ I waited behind him a moment, looking at the Bonnards again while he addressed the envelope.
▪ An address book makes addressing envelopes easy after writing letters.
▪ He'd even addressed the envelope, bought the stamp by himself and posted it.
▪ I addressed the three envelopes, folded the letters, and slipped the sheets inside.
▪ Also, when you are addressing an envelope to a man alone, would you use Mr or Esq?
▪ Individuals seeking first-day cancellations of the new stamps should purchase them at a post office and place them on addressed envelopes.
▪ William photocopied it for her while she addressed an envelope.
▪ He addressed the envelope to the Chief Constable of Hampshire.
issue
▪ In the chapter by Martin Hughes on children's uses of computers, both intellectual and social issues are addressed.
▪ Gender-specific issues will also be addressed, along with workshops to develop problem-solving skills and to promote equality for women.
▪ He argues that the main issue is not being addressed.
▪ Transport vehicles are needed, routing issues must be addressed, and of course the transportation costs must be paid.
▪ If necessary, coercion may be necessary to ensure that these issues are addressed.
▪ Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.
▪ However, it's a very important issue and must be addressed properly.
▪ After the draft, the Cardinals will have big issues to address.
letter
▪ Make sure you have spelt and addressed your letter correctly.
▪ Instead of addressing your letter to the personnel manager send it straight to the to-to the managing director.
▪ Although she was Mum's youngest sister she always addressed her letters to Dad.
▪ Twenty-two percent can not address a letter well enough to guarantee that it will reach its destination.
▪ It may not be appropriate to address the letter to the Board in the position of a whole company disposal.
▪ They addressed the letter to Avon and asked the bartender to post it in the morning.
▪ This should be addressed in the offer letter given to the vendor.
matter
▪ It is high time this was recognised and the real remaining problems addressed to improve matters.
▪ Luxembourg and United States courts have addressed the matter, and the judgments reveal the reality of these fears.
▪ We are committed to addressing this matter thoroughly.
▪ Having made those general comments, I shall now address specific matters raised in the debate by Opposition Members.
▪ Paul then addressed the matter of Fields's man-management.
▪ There is truth in that: Charles Moore addresses the matter on this page.
▪ Further, it addressed other secular matters relating specifically to the political situation following the fall of Brunhild.
▪ Murder in the Cathedral addressed such matters, posed in a different way.
meeting
▪ He was given an ancient, unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings.
▪ He also addressed innumerable public meetings and spent two memorable week ends at Oxford.
▪ Missionaries were brought in to address the meeting on the advantages of a mission education.
▪ He was thus involved in extensive travelling throughout the District, addressing meetings of branches, trade unions and co-operative societies.
▪ My noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State addressed a meeting of farmers in my constituency.
▪ There was then a deep distrust throughout the party. as Law discovered in 1920: Bonar addressed a mass meeting.
▪ After addressing a public meeting in support of extending the franchise to agricultural workers he had caught a severe cold.
problem
▪ The Government agreed to address the problem of falling access to justice and they established a review of legal aid eligibility.
▪ But despite all this evidence, most organizations have yet to address the problem in any comprehensive or organized way.
▪ I place on record appreciation to David Blackmore and his staff for all their efforts in addressing these problems.
▪ The engram itself, upon which the lock depended, may not be accessible without a full Dianetic address to the problem.
▪ A handful of online financial advisers such as Ask Figaro have plans to address this problem.
▪ What are you doing to address those customer-identified problems?
▪ This essay addresses the problems of too many variables and not enough countries.
▪ The speech addressed problems often discussed by President Clinton, but offered some starkly different solutions.
question
▪ This question needs to be addressed, following the presidential election on May 20.
▪ These are some of the questions to be addressed at the conference.
▪ Here are a few of the analytic questions that might be addressed: 1.
▪ These and connected questions will be addressed in Chapter 7.
▪ This question is addressed more fully in Chapter 8.
▪ The final question addressed was the need to institute a sensible programme for tourism.
▪ These are deep and puzzling questions which will be addressed later in this chapter.
rally
▪ Violence marked the funeral of Lalith Athulathmudali, a Sri Lankan opposition leader who was shot dead while addressing a rally.
▪ He was assassinated the day after addressing a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis.
▪ Trade unionist and the Cardinal Archbishop of Palermo addressed the rally.
▪ His last big public appearance was on Dec. 24, when he addressed a rally of his supporters in Belgrade.
▪ In 1951 and 1952 he continued to act as the Rassemblement's main spokesman, addressing rallies and holding press conferences.
subject
▪ At a minimum, they can force the issue back on to the political agenda and make Republicans publicly address the subject again.
▪ We will monitor the further developments and pronouncements of the several bodies presently addressing the subjects of corporate governance and accounting standards.
▪ Numerous books and services address the subject, many aimed at Christians.
▪ But when addressing the subject of wealth there are a couple of reminders.
▪ As to serious and organised crime, in the 1990s we must address the subject of police structure with greater enthusiasm.
■ VERB
begin
▪ That done, we can begin to address ourselves to identifying the right technical and political means for achieving them.
▪ Things changed in the 1960s: Statutes began to address child abuse and family violence.
▪ And until the Church begins to acknowledge and address the century in which it now finds itself, it will die.
▪ Much later issues of race and class began to be addressed more seriously, after years of being ignored or side-stepped.
▪ He began to address us and I found the way he spoke mesmeric.
▪ He began to address the troops.
fail
▪ The ones I spoke with believed that the authorities had failed to address the real issues.
▪ And by failing to address them, it actually helps sustain them.
▪ What this prohibition therefore fails to address or account for, is the obligation to promote the good of other animals.
▪ But then you fail to address the core issue.
▪ Middlesbrough Council housing chairman Bob Brady said the Government was failing to address an extremely serious problem.
▪ Yet the fact is that most adolescents are using drugs, and our drug education programs fail to address that reality.
▪ The ethos of psychiatry suits the marketing of Western drugs and fails to address racism.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be of/have no fixed abode/address
▪ Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
▪ I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
contact number/address/details
▪ Books can be entered and modified as can contact details.
▪ Frequently there is no contact number, so even if we like the music, we can't do much about it.
▪ Gave the name of his solicitors in London as his contact address.
▪ The video box illustration carries various official body contact addresses on the back for further information on the river.
▪ These advertisements generally use a Box number at the publication as the contact address and may be placed by the client.
▪ These provide the contact details and an indication of charges for more than 20 online brokers.
▪ This time we have remembered to put our contact numbers below.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Environmental problems relating to the factory have yet to be addressed.
▪ Rifkind addressed a news conference before leaving for Beijing yesterday.
▪ Suzanne turned to address the man asking the question.
▪ The article addresses the problems of malnutrition in the state.
▪ Three Republican candidates addressed a group of 500 senior citizens concerning tax cuts.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Every pupil should now be addressed by the police at least every two or three years.
▪ He argues that the main issue is not being addressed.
▪ Luxembourg and United States courts have addressed the matter, and the judgments reveal the reality of these fears.
▪ Meanwhile, other politicians have offered their own proposals to address the advantages enjoyed by the wealthy.
▪ None of them addressed the stadium as part of a park -- or a neighborhood -- or a great city.
▪ Storni addresses this woman, upon whom the burden of stoicism sits heavy.
▪ This question needs to be addressed, following the presidential election on May 20.