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Soheil1 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Addres

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What does address mean in:
mission guidelines for states to follow in developing plans to address greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.

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Deal with, solve (a problem).

  • Deal with, solve (a problem).
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Deal with, solve (a problem).
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What's the difference between 'address' and 'study' in:
The first issue { network structure { was addressed in the first part of the book using graph theory. In this second part of the book, we study interconnectedness at the level of behavior, developing basic models for this in the language of game theory. ?
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addressed = focused on and dealt with.
study = read about

There are many online dictionaries which offer you a variety of definitions to understand these differences.
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Exactly because there are a variety of definitions and not a single one, I ask to clarify their meaning.
I found no "read about" sense in:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/study
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What's the difference between address and answer in:
What 's more, PKF 's own VAT agony aunt is on hand to answer questions and address concerns.

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address concerns.

Discuss problems, and try to suggest solutions
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What's the difference between 'address' and 'process'? What if I replace 'address' with 'process'?
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process a concern suggests handle it via a series of standard steps.

This is a different meaning.
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Just that?
What about "handle" a concern?
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"v.tr.
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a. To apply one's mind purposefully to the acquisition of knowledge or understanding of (a subject)."

This fairly implies the sense of 'read about'.

Handling a concern is the same as dealing with/addressing a concern.

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