Address concerns meaning in English

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Definition

to address someone's concerns: to respond to someone's issues or worries verb
Luna, we will now address your concerns about saving the whales. We are going to respond to your worries about this issue during the course of the day.

Examples

  • "Susie, Philip recently sent me an email addressing his concerns on our new idea for an anti-exploitation ad campaign."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below with terms from Susie's email.

This term means "obsolete", "no longer in fashion" or "no longer current". "The computer model is : we now have machines that are twice as small and ten times more powerful."

This term means to discuss something, specifically to give attention to a particular point of concern. "At today's meeting, we will Bob's concerns about his salary."

Fill in the blanks below with terms from Susie's email.

This term means "obsolete", "no longer in fashion" or "no longer current". "The computer model is outdated 1: we now have machines that are twice as small and ten times more powerful."

This term means to discuss something, specifically to give attention to a particular point of concern. "At today's meeting, we will address 2 Bob's concerns about his salary."
1 outdated: If something is "outdated" it is out of date, obsolete or antiquated. This term is a term often used to talk about technology, however in this email Susie uses it to describe Kevin's surplus bottles of Bordello Breeze, which are fragrances from last year.
2 address: "To address (an issue, a concern)", is "to talk over" or "to discuss" a specific point of concern. In US English, the verb "address" is pronounced with a stress on the 2nd syllable, but the noun "address" (the location of a person, company, etc.) is pronounced with a stress on the 1st syllable. In UK English, both forms of "address" are pronounced with a stress on the 2nd syllable.

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