address
Officials address address concerns promptly.
The sentence states that authorities handle concerns about locations quickly.
Meanings
to speak to formally; to direct correspondence; to deal with a problem
- She will address the audience after dinner.
- We must address the underlying causes, not just the symptoms.
the location of a residence or business; or, a formal speech
- What's your home address?
- Lincoln's Gettysburg Address lasted only two minutes.
Word origin
From Old French adrecier ('to direct, send, set in order'), from Vulgar Latin *addirectiare, formed from Latin ad- ('to') + directus ('straight, direct'). The verb sense — directing speech or correspondence to someone — predates the noun sense, which generalized from 'where one is directed to send mail' to mean any location.
Fun fact
American English typically front-stresses the noun (/ˈædrɛs/) while British English often pronounces both verb and noun identically (/əˈdrɛs/) — meaning 'address' is a heteronym for Americans but not always for Britons.