What does Redirect mean?

Definitions for Redirect
ˌri dɪˈrɛkt, -daɪ-re·di·rect

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. redirect, airtverb

    channel into a new direction

    "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists"

Wiktionary

  1. redirectnoun

    A redirection.

  2. redirectnoun

    An examination of a witness, following cross-examination, by the party that conducted the direct examination.

  3. redirectnoun

    A substitution of an address or identifier for another one

  4. redirectverb

    To give new direction to, change the direction of.

  5. redirectverb

    To instruct to go, inquire ... elsewhere

  6. redirectverb

    To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.

ChatGPT

  1. redirect

    To redirect generally means to change the direction or focus of something. In computing, it refers to the process of sending data from one output to another. This can refer to web pages redirects, where a user is automatically taken from one URL to another. In communication, it refers to guiding a conversation or topic in a different direction. It essentially involves changing the course or path of an action or function.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Redirectadjective

    applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Redirect

    rē-di-rekt′, v.t. to direct anew.

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Anagrams for Redirect »

  1. directer

  2. recredit

  3. cedriret

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Redirect in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Redirect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Redirect in a Sentence

  1. Arx Pax CEO Greg Henderson:

    Not only is there lift, you can redirect some of the force to use for braking, thrust, or for movement in any direction, people have been trying to do this for many years.

  2. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush:

    With regards to women's health funding broadly, I misspoke, as there are countless community health centers, rural clinics, and other women's health organizations that need to be fully funded. They provide critical services to all, but particularly low-income women who don't have the access they need, i was referring to the hard-to-fathom $ 500 million in federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood -- an organization that was callously participating in the unthinkable practice of selling fetal organs. Democrats and Republicans agree we absolutely must defund them and redirect those funds to other women's health organizations.

  3. Marcus Aurelius:

    Start praying like this and you’ll see. Not “some way to sleep with her” - but a way to stop wanting to. Not “some way to get rid of him” - but a way to stop trying. Not “some way to save my child” - but a way to lose fear. Redirect your prayers like that, and watch what happens.

  4. Jordan Cohen:

    We are updating the word list over time to remove obscure words to keep the puzzle accessible to more people, as well as insensitive or offensive words, eventually we will permanently redirect users to the NYTimes.com URL, at which point everyone should be playing the same version, as long as they refresh their browsers.

  5. Daniel Siegel:

    You want to connect with your adolescent and find out what was actually going on— and then try to redirect them in a very supportive way. Saying what the moral thing to do is, but realizing because of their brain remodeling, it isn't just a matter of giving them some kind of punishment because that actually doesn't work. It's about communicating with them, and teaching them the skill of thinking through a problem.

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