addressing /əˈdɹɛsɪŋ/ noun3 •Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage •A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail •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 — 2010 formsaddressings