addressed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of address.

   The senator addressed reporters outside the courthouse.

   Every complaint was addressed in the revised policy.

   Note

   A regular -ed form doing double duty: simple past (she addressed the board) and past participle after have or be (the issue has been addressed). One construction is worth knowing. With a reflexive pronoun, addressed himself to means he applied his energies to a task, or directed his remarks to someone. The older senses of 'prepare' and 'aim' are obsolete.

   She addressed herself to the backlog of mail before lunch.

   He addressed himself to the committee, ignoring the gallery.

2. 2
   adjective

   Of a document or parcel, marked with the address to which it should be delivered.

   The clerk sorted the addressed letters into regional bins.

   An addressed parcel needs no further labeling before pickup.

   Oppositeunaddressed

   Note

   Its natural home is the phrase a stamped addressed envelope, where it pairs with stamped as two adjectives describing what has already been done to the envelope. In this use it stands before the noun. After a verb (the envelope was addressed), the reader hears the past participle instead, describing the act rather than the envelope's state.

3. 3
   adjective

   Having been the audience for a speech, address, or presentation.

   The addressed delegates discussed the speech among themselves afterward.

   Reporters interviewed several addressed guests as they left the ceremony.

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