Re-address (Verb)
Meaning
Put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The post office will re-address the envelope and forward it to the correct address.
- She had to re-address the package since the recipient had moved to a new house.
- The courier service will re-address the parcel if there is an error with the address provided.
- When the mail is undeliverable, the postal service will re-address it to the sender's address.
- The family had to re-address all of the saved letters when their grandmother passed away and moved the estate to a new owner.