addressing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of address

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plural addressings

1. uncountableusuallyA process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
2. uncountableusuallycomputingAny of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
3. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesA 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 locutions

   2010, R. S. Perinbanayagam, Discursive acts: language, signs, and selves, page 118