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write directions for delivery v.
speak to a formal gathering v.
devote effort to something v.

VERB

write directions for delivery

Synonyms

STRONGEST

forward send

STRONG

consign dispatch inscribe label mark postmark remit route ship superscribe transmit

Antonyms

STRONG

hold keep receive retain

WEAK

avoid cut disregard ignore overlook pass shun slight

VERB

speak to a formal gathering

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call discuss talk

STRONG

approach bespeak discourse greet hail lecture memorialize orate pitch pontificate sermonize spiel spout stump

WEAK

deliver speech deliver talk get on a soapbox give speech give talk root for take the floor

Antonyms

STRONGEST

listen refrain

STRONG

be quiet

WEAK

avoid cut disregard ignore overlook pass shun slight

VERB

devote effort to something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

focus on give try

STRONG

dig direct turn undertake

WEAK

apply oneself to attend to concentrate on devote oneself to engage in go at go for hammer away have a go at have at knuckle down to peg away pitch into plug away at take care of take up throw oneself into turn to

Antonyms

WEAK

avoid cut disregard ignore overlook pass shun slight

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addressed

The first note, sent to television news station KOLD, shortly after Guthrie’s disappearance on Feb. 1 was addressed to Savannah and demanded $4 million in bitcoin by 5 p.m. on Feb. 5.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The letter was addressed to me using my maiden name and sent to my current address.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Last year Currie addressed questions about whether "peak Greggs" had been reached after its rapid expansion, saying "we have gone out...to demonstrate that this is not the case".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The company hasn’t publicly addressed the deal talks, but privately believes Diller’s offer undervalued its business, according to The Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The Soviet Union’s head of state and a close colleague of Stalin’s, Chairman Mikhail Kalinin, gave a speech in July 1945 addressed to the “Glorious Daughters of the Soviet People.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein