address
definition
to direct one's efforts towards something
example
The Minister of Health had to address the concerns of the public for the growing number of contagious diseases immigrants bring to the country.
synonyms
focus onconcentrate on
word origin — Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘set upright’ and ‘guide, direct’, hence ‘write directions for delivery on’ and ‘direct spoken words to’): from Old French, based on Latin ad- ‘towards’ + directus (see direct). The noun is of mid 16th-century origin in the sense ‘act of approaching or speaking to someone’