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adressering

Definitions of adressering
  1. noun
    a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
    synonyms: aanspreekvorm
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    type of:
    straatnaambordje
    a sign visible from the street
  2. noun
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
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    examples:
    Bergrede
    the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49)
    types:
    dithyrambe, koorzang
    a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
    intreerede, openingsrede, openingstoespraak
    an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)
    expositie, exposé, lezing, spreekbeurt, uiteenzetting, voordracht, voorlezing
    a speech that is open to the public
    oratie, oratorium, rede, redevoering
    addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
    meeting
    delivering an address to a public audience
    boetepreek, boetpredikatie, donderpreek, donderspeech, homilie, kanselrede, leerrede, predikatie, preek, redenering, sermoen, zedenpreek
    an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
    lezing, opsomming, voordracht, voorlezing
    a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
    debat, disputatie
    the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
    verkiezingstoespraak
    political oratory
    afscheidsrede, afscheidswoord
    a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
    type of:
    taaldaad, taalhandeling, uiting
    the use of language to perform some act
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