addressable

adjective

ad·​dress·​able ə-ˈdre-sə-bəl 

1

: able to be addressed : directly accessible

addressable registers in a computer

2

: of or relating to a subscription television system that uses decoders addressable by the system operator

addressability

ə-ˌdre-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

Examples of addressable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This expanded our total addressable market to small, medium and large businesses. —Dr. Tj Jiang, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

If your service can’t grow with its audience, your total addressable market is capped by your imagination. —Alex Kreger, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025

The three broadcasters are also in discussions to simplify the purchase of addressable inventory for media agencies, which includes exploring the potential of a joint agency-facing solution, based on ITV’s Planet V technology. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025

The firm estimates the total addressable market of the GPU-as-a-Service and AI cloud market by 2030 will be roughly $267 billion — with neoclouds comprising 20% share and hyperscalers 80%. —Pia Singh, CNBC, 22 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

address entry 1 + -able

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for addressable

• accessible
• assessable
• compressible
• expressible
• inaccessible
• incompressible
• inexpressible
• irrepressible

Kids Definition

addressable

adjective

ad·​dress·​able ə-ˈdres-ə-bəl 

: able to be reached through an address

addressable registers in a computer