addressable

adjective

ad·​dress·​able ə-ˈdre-sə-bəl How to pronounce addressable (audio)
Synonyms of addressablenext
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 How to pronounce addressable (audio)
noun

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Simultaneously, the company has been cross-selling other solutions necessary to run an online business, which has allowed the company's financials to grow at double digits and increase its total addressable market. — Gurufocus, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Bernstein reiterates Netflix as outperform Bernstein said Netflix’s Anime genre has a large total addressable market and well positioned for growth. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025 Netflix is in about 40% of connected TV households around the world and has captured 6% of its addressable market, the CFO said. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025 The report estimates that the addressable market for DePIN is $2.2 trillion and could reach $3.5 trillion by 2028 but that currently DePIN projects only account for less than 0.1% of those addressable markets. — Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for addressable

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address entry 1 + -able

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of addressable was in 1953

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addressable

adjective
ad·​dress·​able ə-ˈdres-ə-bəl How to pronounce addressable (audio)
: able to be reached through an address
addressable registers in a computer

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