re-address

1. 1.

   put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding

   Broaderaddress

Questions about re-address

What does re-address mean?

re-address means "put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding".

How many syllables are in re-address?

re-address has 3 syllables and divides as re--ad-dress under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is re-address a common word?

re-address is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.