correct address

collocation in English

meaningsofcorrectandaddress

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withaddress.
correct
adjective
uk
/kəˈrekt/us
/kəˈrekt/
in agreement with the true facts or with what is ...
See more atcorrect
address
noun[C]
uk
/əˈdres/us
/ˈæd.res/
the number of the house, name of the road, and name of the town where a person lives or works, and where letters can ...
See more ataddress

(Definition ofcorrectandaddressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcorrect address

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
It was clearly a question of the letter not going to thecorrectaddressand not being forwarded that led to the trouble.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Hiscorrectaddresswas obtained, and the instructions for his release were sent on the 8th instant.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The letter was delivered to thecorrectaddress, but no one was there to receive it.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I wonder whether some machinery could be devised for persuading people to use thecorrectaddresson their headed notepaper?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Further instructions will, if necessary, be issued to ensure that thecorrectaddressis used.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Both the old address and the new address can be held, legally, to be thecorrectaddress.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
As it happens, the men were given thecorrectaddress, but some of them ignored it and gave the name of the ship on which they sailed.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We want to reduce the amount of mail which is badly addressed, and we do our best to achieve this by advertising thecorrectaddresswhich should be used.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These scenes will be painted by famous artists and the theme will be the need for acorrectaddressin order that mail can be delivered quickly.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
New instructions regarding the form of address are about to be published, and all ranks will be asked to notify their relatives and friends of theircorrectaddress.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Therefore, if the sender misspelled it conttact it would be automatically redirected to thecorrectaddress.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The cover of the 1978 product catalog was corrected by applying small stickers with thecorrectaddress.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
For a visitor sometimes finding his way may be a daunting task even if he hascorrectaddress.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In order to do that they have to try to get their correct names and their correct addresses.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The letter-card has been so printed that it will help correspondents to use the correct addresses.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are doing our best, through publicity and posters, to get the senders to use correct addresses.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
People who are not interested in giving correct addresses should be made to do so.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What we want to get are the correct addresses up to date of all those absent soldiers.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The mail pieces are then sprayed with the correct addresses or are sorted for further handling according to the instructions given via encoding.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofcorrect
Go to the definition ofaddress
See other collocations withaddress