indirizzato

Indirizzato is the Italian past participle of the verb indirizzare and functions as an adjective and a past participle. It denotes something that has been directed toward a specific target, audience, or destination, or that is aimed at achieving a particular objective. In everyday language it is used with senses such as a message directed to someone, a letter addressed to a recipient, or a promise aimed at a given public.

In postal, logistics, and communication contexts, indirizzato describes items prepared for a particular destination or recipient. Examples include a pacco indirizzato a Maria or a document indirizzato a un dipartimento. In modern information technology and networking, the term is common to describe resources or data directed to a specific endpoint, as in a pacchetto IP indirizzato a un host or a richiesta indirizzata a un servizio.

Etymology: indirizzare derives from the prefix in- meaning toward, combined with a root related to directing or guiding. The related nouns indirizzo (address) and indirizzamento (the act or process of addressing or directing) share the same semantic field of pointing toward a target.

Usage notes: As a participle, indirizzato agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies (una lettera indirizzata, lettere indirizzate). The term is neutral and widely used in formal writing, journalism, logistics, and IT to convey directedness or targeting. See also indirizzo, indirizzamento, indirizzare.

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