Address and Bearing

Address

Address noun - The way or manner in which one conducts oneself.
Usage example: a gentleman with all of poise and social address that one would expect of someone coming from old money

Bearing is a synonym for address in poise topic. In some cases you can use "Bearing" instead a noun "Address", when it comes to topics like be.

Bearing

Bearing noun - The way or manner in which one conducts oneself.
Usage example: always retained his military bearing, even after he entered politics

Address is a synonym for bearing in poise topic. Sometimes you can use "Address" instead a noun "Bearing", if it concerns topics such as posture, be.

Nearby Words: bear, bearer, beared

How words are described

human human address human bearing
right right address right bearing
direct direct address direct bearing
stiff stiff address stiff bearing
Other adjectives: actual, real, huge, dark, possible, military.

Both words in one sentence

  • Who Shot JFK? In the novel Replay by Ken Grimwood, the protagonist attempts during one of his "replays" to thwart the assassination of JFK by forging a threatening letter bearing Lee Harvey Oswald's name and address and mailing it to the White House, leading to Oswald's arrest.
    Source: Who Shot JFK?
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