addressee

«addressee» in Mova's school dictionary: The person a letter, parcel, email or message is sent to — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an addressee, addressees)

meaning for a pupil

1) The person a letter, parcel, email or message is sent to. tree →

2) (language) The person someone is speaking to. tree →

sense in the lessons

In writing lessons, when you write a letter, the addressee's name and address go on the envelope; you are the sender. In emails the addressee is in the «To» line. Phrases: «the addressee's address», «return to sender if addressee unknown».

examples

• The postman could not find the addressee, so the letter was returned. tree →
• Write the addressee's name in the middle of the envelope. tree →
• The sender's address goes on the back, and the addressee's on the front. tree →
• Only the addressee should open this letter. tree →
• Check you have the right addressee before you click «Send». tree →
• The parcel said «Addressee unknown». tree →

note

Spelled with double d, double s and double e. The ending -ee means the person something is done to (employee, trainee); the opposite is «sender». Do not confuse with «address» (where someone lives) or «addresser» (the sender, rare).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «addressee» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.