About the word "address"

Youll find example sentences if you look up the word in two or three dictionaries at www.onelook.com.

The president addressed the nation. (Talked to in a formal speech.)
Mother addressed each invitation with her elegant calligraphy. (Write an address on a piece of mail.)

... we can visit and do the repairs next week - what's your address?

Dave

In the US, the noun has the emphasis on the first syllable and the verb has the emphasis on the second.

Is it the same in other varieties of English?

No. We speakers of BrE stress the second syllable. for both.

BarbaraPAIn the US, the noun has the emphasis on the first syllable and the verb has the emphasis on the second.

Yes. I believe that's the standard here, but I have heard the noun with both stress patterns, and I don't mean by speakers of BrE either.

Hi

I would say (from London), I can imagine US speakers saying the word either way ADDress and adDRESS

I have no idea why. The first of those sounds New York, but I could be quite wrong

Dave

I grew up in New York. So I may have over-generalized, not realizing it was a regional pronunciation.
But CJ is from the left coast, and he says it that way too.
So... let's not use it as a rule. We'll just say "Americans MAY stress the first syllable when it's a noun."

BarbaraPABut CJ is from the left coast, and he says it that way too.

I'm from the southeast, and I stress address differently (verb vs. noun), too.

I typically hear ADDress here in North Carolina when referring to a location, and I now say it that way myself. I would, however, put the stress on the second syllable when using it as a noun meaning a speech.