1 n. A place with a fashionable address. Example: ‘It’s a great neighbourhood, but it’s not an “address” – and I say “address” with my nose stuck firmly in the air. And yet we have many accomplished and high-profile people who enjoy the neighbourhood for just that reason’ (quoted in the real-estate section of the Washington Post, 16 October 2010). 2 v. To be designed to relate or respond to. A building is sometimes described as having been designed to ‘address’ adjacent buildings, meaning that it reflects or consciously contrasts with the form of its neighbours in some way. 3 v. To face. Example: ‘The buildings have been reoriented to address the open space’.
See also respond.