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addressee

gb/ˌædɹɛsˈi/ us/ˌædɹɛsˈi/
C1 انگریزی
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person named as recipient

the person who should receive a letter or email

استعمال کا انداز: the addressee of [a letter/email/package]
عام غلطی:
Do not confuse addressee (receiver) with sender (person who sends).
ہم معنی الفاظ
recipient (More general and much more common in everyday English.)
متضاد الفاظ
sender (The person who sends the letter, email, or package.)
لفظی تراکیب
intended addressee |correct addressee |wrong addressee |named addressee |addressee details |addressee information |addressee address |addressee name |addressee field |addressee line
موضوعات
communication |business |writing
مثالیں
  • 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
  • I wrote the wrong addressee on the envelope.
  • The addressee is my teacher.
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intended recipient of a message

the person the message is meant for

استعمال کا انداز: [something] is intended for the addressee
عام غلطی:
Addressee is often used for a person, not for an organization as a whole unless it clearly stands for a person/office receiving it.
ہم معنی الفاظ
intended recipient (A clearer, more explicit phrase; common in formal writing.) | target (Less personal; often used for marketing or criticism rather than mail.)
متضاد الفاظ
originator (The person who creates or sends the message.)
لفظی تراکیب
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
موضوعات
communication |business |writing
مثالیں
  • 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
  • The addressee of this email is my manager.
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listener or reader being addressed

in linguistics: the person you talk or write to

استعمال کا انداز: speaker and addressee
عام غلطی:
In everyday English, people usually say listener, audience, or reader instead of addressee.
ہم معنی الفاظ
hearer (Common technical synonym in linguistics for spoken interaction.) | interlocutor (Broader: any participant in the conversation, not necessarily the one being directly addressed.)
متضاد الفاظ
speaker (The person producing the utterance (the addressor).)
لفظی تراکیب
speaker and addressee |addressor and addressee |the addressee role |addressee interpretation |addressee-oriented |addressee design |addressee uptake |addressee perspective |addressee knowledge |addressee response
موضوعات
language |education |technical
مثالیں
  • 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.
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IPA
GB/ˌædɹɛsˈi/
US/ˌædɹɛsˈi/
ہجا بندی اور زور
ad - dress - ee (3 ہجے)
Stress on 3rd syllable (ee)
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Noun
  • Base: addressee
  • Plural: addressees
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
addressees noun
Core family
address noun A1
Related words
addresser noun addressable adjective
Negative and opposite forms
unaddressed adjective
عبارات

addressee unknown

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/ˌædɹɛsˈi ʌnnˈoʊn/
fixed phrase formal

recipient cannot be identified

the person is not known at that address

مثالیں
  • The envelope came back stamped 'Addressee unknown.'
  • The courier marked the delivery attempt as 'addressee unknown.'

addressor and addressee

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/ˈædɹˈɛsɚ ˈænd ˌædɹɛsˈi/
fixed phrase technical

sender and person addressed

in linguistics: the speaker/writer and the person they speak/write to

مثالیں
  • 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

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/ɪntˈɛndɪd ˌædɹɛsˈi/
fixed phrase formal

the person it is meant for

the person who should receive it

مثالیں
  • 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

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/ɚˈɪd͡ʒənəl ˌædɹɛsˈi/
fixed phrase formal

the first named recipient

the person it was first sent to

مثالیں
  • The letter was forwarded to me by the original addressee.
  • Please confirm whether you are the original addressee of this notice.

wrong addressee

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/ɹˈɔŋ ˌædɹɛsˈi/
fixed phrase formal

someone who should not receive it

the person who got it by mistake

مثالیں
  • I’m sorry—this was sent to the wrong addressee.
  • The contract was emailed to the wrong addressee and had to be recalled.

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