redirect

[ ree-di-rekt, -dahy- ]

verb (used with object)

1. to direct again.
2. to change the direction or focus of:

   He redirected the children's energies toward building a sand castle instead of throwing sand at each other.

adjective

1. Law. pertaining to the examination of a witness by the party who called them, after cross-examination.

redirect

/ ˌriːdɪˈrɛkt; ˌriːdaɪ- /

verb

1. to direct (someone or something) to a different place or by a different route

Derived Forms

• ˌrediˈrection, noun

Other Words From

• redi·rection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of redirect¹

First recorded in 1835–45; re- + direct

Example Sentences

Sometimes the link led to a redirect to a real privacy policy, but most of the time it didn’t.

From Vox

The brand says that it “helps redirect impact forces away from the brain” and offers “an added measure of protection in certain impacts.”

From Outside Online

Comparing this sort of data could convince marketers to redirect media dollars from iOS devices to Android because that’s where the sales would appear to be.

From Digiday

These resellers are certainly taking advantage of the situation and redirecting console stock from players who would otherwise be able to get the systems at the manufacturer's suggested retail price.

From Ars Technica

As you can see in the screenshot below, Instagram users can swipe to get redirected to their blog.

From Search Engine Watch

Then, without berating yourself, redirect your attention back to your practice.

From The Daily Beast

For a lot of Republicans, the likely coming failure of this effort will redirect them to the next presidential election.

From The Daily Beast

Moreover, the Ryan plan, which Romney endorses, would cut at least that amount but redirect the savings to reducing the deficit.

From The Daily Beast

I marvel at her masterful manipulation of the media, and her ability to redirect the national debate with merely a tweet.

From The Daily Beast

We would redirect our focus towards honoring her life and never forgetting the joy she brought to our family.

From The Daily Beast

The redirect examination went over the same ground, and Badger placed a Mr. Lovejoy on the stand.

From Project Gutenberg

The redirect by Badger brought out nothing new for the government's case.

From Project Gutenberg

It operates not to perpetuate the forces which produced it but to modify and redirect them.

From Project Gutenberg

Part of the process in readjustment in any disordered life is to centralize the dispersed purposes, to redirect the life energies.

From Project Gutenberg

Their sole office is to redirect the steam which has passed through the upper buckets into the lower ones at the proper angle.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• change
• convert
• move
• return
• shift
• swing
• switch
• transform
• twist