What does Redirect mean?

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

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Redirect.

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. Ben Carson:

    He does understand that at a certain level but he has a difficult time not responding. If he can just get beyond that and learn how to bite his tongue and redirect people to something that is important, it will show a level of statesmanship that I think will give a lot of people confidence.

  2. Gene Spafford, 1992:

    Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind- boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.

  3. Congresswoman Gabbard:

    As President, I will immediately begin work to end this new Cold War and nuclear arms race, end our interventionist foreign policy of carrying out wasteful regime change wars, and instead redirect our precious resources towards serving the needs of the people right here at home.

  4. Bianca Andreescu:

    She can literally redirect any single ball you give her, she can change the rhythm. I can change the rhythm too, but she’s on another level, at least today.

  5. Kelly Ayotte:

    It is abundantly clear that we lack the votes in the Senate to redirect these funds.

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