addressable
adjective
ad·dress·able
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Definition of addressable
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: able to be addressed : directly accessible
addressable registers in a computer
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: of or relating to a subscription television system that uses decoders addressable by the system operator
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Other Words from addressable
addressability
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Examples of addressable in a Sentence
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Apple may have some advantages and a major addressable market, but Disney Plus is a clear and present danger with a price point to match. — Don Reisinger, Fortune, "Can Apple Afford to Make Its Streaming Video Service Free? Can It Afford Not to?," 20 Aug. 2019 Mr Rayport believes that the firm’s business-model innovations have dramatically enlarged the total addressable market. — The Economist, "WeWork unveils its IPO prospectus," 15 Aug. 2019 While some risk pools had problems — such as being over-subscribed and unable to take new customers — those problems were discrete and addressable. — Marie Fishpaw, National Review, "A Health Plan for President Trump," 1 Aug. 2019 The loss of customers in the United States was the first since the Qwikster debacle, and suggests Netflix may be running into price resistance or the limits of the addressable domestic market. — Lucas Shawbloomberg, Los Angeles Times, "Netflix has its biggest subscriber stumble since the DVD-by-mail era," 17 July 2019 The good news is that leaves plenty of addressable market for Amazon to tap. — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, "Amazon Needs Some Prime Numbers," 12 July 2019 IRobot has a massive addressable market — robotic vacuums recently controlled only about 23% of the high-end vacuum market — and plenty of room to grow. — Dallas News, "Motley Fool: Is Wall Street wrong about iRobot, stocks for all ages and this week's trivia," 30 June 2019 These problems simply aren’t addressable within the four corners of conservative ideology, so conservative governance inevitably fails. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "Republicans are preparing to disavow Trump if he fails — then come back and try the same policies," 6 Sep. 2018 Those issues may be addressable with further software updates or relatively small production tweaks, though, and Consumer Reports also found much to praise. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, "Tesla Starts Delivering Update to Improve Model 3 Braking Performance," 27 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'addressable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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