redirect

present singular third person redirects · participle present redirecting · participle past redirected · past redirected

1. transitiveTo give new direction to; to change the course, direction or destination of.

   redirect output to /dev/null

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   We need to redirect the traffic along Forest Road.

   The furious reaction in Germany after 200,000 protective masks destined for Berlin mysteriously went missing in Thailand and were allegedly redirected to the US is a case in point. There is no solid proof Trump approved the heist. But it’s the sort of thing he would do – or so people believe.

   2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2022

   Synonyms: reorient

2. transitiveTo instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.
3. transitivehuman sciencesTo gently shift a behavior or thought pattern to a healthier end.

   When he starts ruminating like that, try to redirect him to use his coping skills.

4. transitivecomputingTo substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
5. computingTo send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.

   You will be redirected shortly.

plural redirects

1. A redirection.
2. lawAn examination of a witness, following cross-examination, by the party that conducted the direct examination, re-examination.
3. computingThe substitution of one address or identifier for another one, so as to navigate to a different location.

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   On July 8, 2025 Glitch project hosting and user profiles will be shut down. Your Glitch dashboard will remain available as usual through the end of 2025, with access to download all of your code for your projects, as well as a new feature to set up redirects for your project subdomains so your URLs keep working.

   2025 May 22, Anil Dash, “Important Changes are Coming to Glitch”, in Glitch, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025