direct address
Americannoun
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Grammar. the use of a term or name for the person spoken to, as in securing the attention of that person; use of a vocative form.
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Computers. indirect address
Example Sentences
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What decisions did you make about using metatextual qualities and visual style and using direct address and other gimmicks to hold the viewer’s hand through the film?
From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023
The show’s shuffle of forms — including direct address, re-enactment, live and recorded vocals — can feel like an especially soulful, high-concept record that’s more evocative than linear.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023
“Today I initiated a phone call with the president of the Russian Federation,” Zelensky said in a direct address to the Russian people he gave on the eve of the war.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2023
The direct address builds complicity with a reader — a set of shared assumptions that the author will go on to both develop and overturn.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2022
The nominative of direct address, and phrases in the nominative absolute construction are cut off by commas.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
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