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street address

street address

4 1.0
A number and street name that shows where a house or building is
  • noun
  • /strit ˈædres/
translation icon : dirección
  • Please provide your full street address to ensure accurate delivery.

And so the neural pathways that they've created help you go from, if I ask you what's, what's your street address, you tell me because that's a neural pathway.

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Examples

  • Residents were asked to confirm their physical street address and indicate the nearest intersecting street during an initial telephone interview.

    Academic text (1998)
  • We searched for the street address on the doorways of every shop we passed, but couldn't find one.

    Blog text (1)
  • Obviously not your street address, just your country, your city.

  • -We need a street address.

  • There was no phone number, street address, post office box, or email address.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • No name, just a street address in New Jersey.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Instead, participants were asked to report their street address.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Also your biographical information, where you were born, your street address, your phone number.

  • Okay, I need the number and the street address for Maureen Monette.

  • Their database includes locational information such as street address, city, state, zip code, and latitude and longitude coordinates for all U.S. disc golf courses.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

address
vsstreet address
898 1.0

Details of a place where someone lives or works

is the exact location including road name and number
mailing address
vsstreet address
8 1.3

The address where letters or packages are sent to reach someone

is the precise location for physical contact rather than just mail delivery

How Specific

apartment
  • US
1.0
street address
4 1.0
street
1.0
city
1.0
country
1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

street + address

The meaning is directly compositional: 'address' denotes location/contact details and 'street' specifies the type/location (the street where the building is), so the combined noun simply narrows the kind of address. This noun–noun modification pattern is regular in English and mirrored in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Street address comes from the simple idea of naming the street and the house or building number so people can find a place. So, it now means 'the exact place to send mail or visit'.