addressee
gb/ˌædɹɛsˈi/ us/ˌædɹɛsˈi/
C1
Englisch
Bedeutungen
0 Bedeutungen
Nomen
formal
C1
entity
1
person named as recipient
the person who should receive a letter or email
Verwendungsmuster:
the addressee of [a letter/email/package]
Häufiger Fehler:
Do not confuse addressee (receiver) with sender (person who sends).
Synonyme
recipient (More general and much more common in everyday English.)
Antonyme
sender (The person who sends the letter, email, or package.)
Wortverbindungen
intended addressee
|correct addressee
|wrong addressee
|named addressee
|addressee details
|addressee information
|addressee address
|addressee name
|addressee field
|addressee line
Themen
communication
|business
|writing
Beispiele
- If the addressee has moved, the letter will be returned to the sender.
- Please double-check the addressee before you hit send.
- The package was delivered to the wrong addressee.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I wrote the wrong addressee on the envelope.
- The addressee is my teacher.
Nomen
formal
C1
entity
2
intended recipient of a message
the person the message is meant for
Verwendungsmuster:
[something] is intended for the addressee
Häufiger Fehler:
Addressee is often used for a person, not for an organization as a whole unless it clearly stands for a person/office receiving it.
Synonyme
intended recipient (A clearer, more explicit phrase; common in formal writing.)
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target (Less personal; often used for marketing or criticism rather than mail.)
Antonyme
originator (The person who creates or sends the message.)
Wortverbindungen
the intended addressee
|reach the addressee
|contact the addressee
|inform the addressee
|notify the addressee
|the message's addressee
|the document's addressee
|the email's addressee
|the addressee list
|the addressee group
Themen
communication
|business
|writing
Beispiele
- The memo was leaked before it reached its addressee.
- This warning is addressed to the addressee only and should not be forwarded.
- If you are not the addressee, please delete the email.
Beispiele für Lernende
- The addressee of this email is my manager.
Nomen
technical
C2
entity
3
listener or reader being addressed
in linguistics: the person you talk or write to
Verwendungsmuster:
speaker and addressee
Häufiger Fehler:
In everyday English, people usually say listener, audience, or reader instead of addressee.
Synonyme
hearer (Common technical synonym in linguistics for spoken interaction.)
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interlocutor (Broader: any participant in the conversation, not necessarily the one being directly addressed.)
Antonyme
speaker (The person producing the utterance (the addressor).)
Wortverbindungen
speaker and addressee
|addressor and addressee
|the addressee role
|addressee interpretation
|addressee-oriented
|addressee design
|addressee uptake
|addressee perspective
|addressee knowledge
|addressee response
Themen
language
|education
|technical
Beispiele
- In pragmatics, meaning depends on the relationship between speaker and addressee.
- The pronoun choice signals how the speaker positions the addressee.
- The addressee may infer information that is not stated explicitly.
Grammatik
Grundform
addressee
IPA
GB/ˌædɹɛsˈi/
US/ˌædɹɛsˈi/
Silben & Betonung
ad - dress - ee (3 Silben)
Stress on 3rd syllable (ee)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: addressee
- Plural: addressees
Wortfamilie
Forms
addressees
noun
Core family
address
noun A1
Related words
addresser
noun
addressable
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
unaddressed
adjective
Ausdrücke
addressee unknown
1/ˌædɹɛsˈi ʌnnˈoʊn/
fixed phrase
formal
recipient cannot be identified
the person is not known at that address
Beispiele
- The envelope came back stamped 'Addressee unknown.'
- The courier marked the delivery attempt as 'addressee unknown.'
addressor and addressee
1/ˈædɹˈɛsɚ ˈænd ˌædɹɛsˈi/
fixed phrase
technical
sender and person addressed
in linguistics: the speaker/writer and the person they speak/write to
Beispiele
- Politeness strategies vary with the relative status of addressor and addressee.
- The study models how context shapes meaning for both addressor and addressee.
intended addressee
1/ɪntˈɛndɪd ˌædɹɛsˈi/
fixed phrase
formal
the person it is meant for
the person who should receive it
Beispiele
- Please make sure this attachment goes to the intended addressee.
- The message never reached the intended addressee because of a typo in the email address.
original addressee
1/ɚˈɪd͡ʒənəl ˌædɹɛsˈi/
fixed phrase
formal
the first named recipient
the person it was first sent to
Beispiele
- The letter was forwarded to me by the original addressee.
- Please confirm whether you are the original addressee of this notice.
wrong addressee
1/ɹˈɔŋ ˌædɹɛsˈi/
fixed phrase
formal
someone who should not receive it
the person who got it by mistake
Beispiele
- I’m sorry—this was sent to the wrong addressee.
- The contract was emailed to the wrong addressee and had to be recalled.