redirect

re- +‎ direct

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt

redirect (third-person singular simple present redirects, present participle redirecting, simple past and past participle redirected)

1. (transitive) To give new direction to, change the direction of.

   redirect output to /dev/null

2. (transitive) To instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.
3. (computing, transitive) To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
4. (computing) To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.

   You will be redirected shortly.

• reorient

• autoredirect
• redirection
• hard redirect, soft redirect

redirect (plural redirects)

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

• (legal): redirect examination

• autoredirect

• cedriret, directer, recredit