English Explanatory Dictionary

redirect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To give new direction to, change the direction of.
  2. To instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.
  3. To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
  4. To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.
noun
  1. A redirection.
  2. An examination of a witness, following cross-examination, by the party that conducted the direct examination, re-examination.
  3. The substitution of one address or identifier for another one, so as to navigate to a different location.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

redirect redirects redirecting redirected

Etymology

From re- + direct.

Synonyms

reorient redirect examination

Derived words

auto-redirect hard redirect soft redirect redirectable redirectedness redirection redirector unredirected autoredirect
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