redirect

[ ree-di-rekt, -dahy- ]

/ ˌri dɪˈrɛkt, -daɪ- /

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verb (used with object)

to direct again.

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

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

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Origin of redirect

First recorded in 1835–45; re- + direct

OTHER WORDS FROM redirect

re·di·rec·tion, noun

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How to use redirect in a sentence

Be’s songs are all explicit distractions, meant to acknowledge our collective humanitarian angst and then redirect it toward something happier.
BTS’s new album is sublime comfort pop for the soul in lockdown|Aja Romano|November 20, 2020|Vox
Both URLs still seem to work, but I suspect Google will redirect the old URL to the new one.
Google migrates the disavow link tool to new Search Console|Barry Schwartz|November 17, 2020|Search Engine Land
Most of the old content will be redirected, including RSS feeds and email lists.
301 redirect: Google Webmasters Central to Google Search Central|Barry Schwartz|November 11, 2020|Search Engine Land
Between linear TV’s viewership decline and streaming’s viewership surge, advertisers are redirecting dollars to CTV because the category combines brand awareness boost of the TV screen with the audience targeting of digital.
How advertisers are evaluating YouTube’s rising connected TV viewership|Tim Peterson|November 9, 2020|Digiday

Similarly, it is possible that you have too many unnecessary redirects in your product pages or render-blocking resources that negatively impact your site speed.
Customer experience optimization (CXO) for online stores: Three proven SEO tactics|Harsh Agrawal|November 6, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Donilon played a central role in that long and complex policy redirection.
Hats Off to Tom Donilon|Leslie H. Gelb|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A redirection that allows the show to be paradoxically more vicious and more humane.
Why 'X Factor' Trounces 'American Idol'|Richard Rushfield|December 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The leaders of the new movement in our schools have called for a redirection of rural education.
Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress|Various
It is recognition of the increased liberation and redirection of the course of events achieved through accurate discovery.
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
Without inhibition there is no instigation of imagination, no redirection into more discriminated and comprehensive activities.
Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey
The dressing-stations are mere offices for their redirection, where they are carefully ticketed, but where little else is done.
A Surgeon in Belgium|Henry Sessions Souttar
It is longitudinal—in the redirection given to changes already going on.
Creative Intelligence|John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen

British Dictionary definitions for redirect

redirect

/ (ˌriːdɪˈrɛkt, ˌriːdaɪ-) /

verb (tr)

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

Derived forms of redirect

redirection, noun

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