What is the meaning of addressed?

verb

• Speak to.
  • usage: "He addressed the crowd outside the window"
  • synonyms: address, turn to
• Give a speech to.
  • usage: "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
  • synonyms: address, speak
• Put an address on (an envelope.
  • synonyms: address, direct
• Direct a question at someone.
  • synonyms: address
• Address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question.
  • synonyms: address
• Greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name.
  • usage: "He always addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by first name"
  • synonyms: address, call
• Access or locate by address.
  • synonyms: address
• Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.
  • usage: "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
  • synonyms: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address
• Speak to someone.
  • synonyms: address, accost, come up to
• Adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting.
  • synonyms: address

adjective

• Of mail. ( marked with a destination)
  • usage: "I throw away all mail addressed to `resident'"