addressing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of address

   “For quotations using this term, see Citations:addressing.”

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
2. (uncountable, usually)Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
3. (uncountable, 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 locutions”