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activation code |
a set of characters, consisting of numbers, letters, characters, or a combination of these, that is sent by a website to a user's email so that the website can verify the user's email address and comply with the user's request to begin a new service or change personal information. Once received, the user enters the code into the provided box on the website so that fulfillment of the user's request can begin. |
address |
the place where a person lives or works. The address has the street name and number, city, and state. [1/4 definitions] |
addressable |
combined form of address. |
apostrophe2 |
esp. in drama, an address to someone absent or imaginary, or to an object or idea. |
apostrophize |
to address (a person, usu. absent, or a personified object or idea). [2 definitions] |
approach |
to begin to address. [1/9 definitions] |
attn. |
abbreviation of "attention," consideration or notice (usu. used beneath an address on an envelope to refer to a specific individual, department, or the like, to whom the envelope should be delivered upon receipt). |
babu |
a Hindu form of address that is the equivalent of Mr. or Sir, used in eastern India as a term of respect. |
baby |
(informal) darling; sweetheart (used as an affectionate term of address). [1/12 definitions] |
baccalaureate |
a ceremony given for a class about to graduate from a school, or the address or sermon at such a ceremony. [1/2 definitions] |
beseech |
to address (someone) with an urgent request. [1/3 definitions] |
bro |
(informal) shortened form of "brother," used as an informal term of address for a fellow male who is considered to be close. |
bud2 |
(informal) used to address a male, usu. one whose name is unknown and sometimes in a condescending or hostile tone. |
buddy |
used to address a male, usu. one whose name is unknown. [1/2 definitions] |
calling card |
a small card with one's name and sometimes address and telephone number printed on it, used when making business and social visits. |
card1 |
a small piece of thick paper, cardboard, or plastic printed with personal data such as name and address and used as identification. [1/4 definitions] |
c/o |
used to show that something is being sent to one person at another person's address. "C/o" is an abbreviation of "care of." |
Congressional Black Caucus |
an organization composed of African-American members of the U.S. Congress, formed in 1971 to address legislative matters of concern to African Americans and other minority voters. |
darling |
a deeply loved person (used esp. in direct address). [1/5 definitions] |
dead letter |
a letter that the post office is unable to deliver or return, usu. because of an incorrect address or the lack of a return address. [1/2 definitions] |
dead-letter office |
a postal department to which undeliverable or unreturnable letters and parcels are sent to be opened, delivered if an address can be found, or destroyed. |
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