redirect
/'ri:di'rekt/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To change the direction or focus of something: To send something (like a person, object, or information) on a different course or toward a different target.
- To instruct to go to a different place or address: To forward something, such as mail or a website visitor, to a new destination.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The traffic police had to redirect all cars away from the flooded road.
- Please redirect your questions to the customer service department.
- The teacher redirected the student's attention back to the textbook.
Advanced Usage
- In computing/networking: To send a user or data packet to a different URL or network address.
- The old website URL will automatically redirect to the new one.
- In psychology/communication: To guide a conversation or behavior toward a more productive topic or action.
- The therapist skillfully redirected the client's anger into a discussion about coping strategies.
Variants and Related Words
- Redirection (noun): The act or process of redirecting.
- The redirection of funds to the emergency relief effort was necessary.
- Redirected (adjective): Describes something that has been sent a new way.
- All redirected mail will bear a special sticker.
Synonyms
- Divert: To cause something to change course.
- Reroute: To send along a different path (often for travel or data).
- Forward: To send something onward to a further destination.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Redirect" is not commonly used with particles to form distinct phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically contained within the single word.)
Related Idioms
- To redirect one's energies/efforts: To focus one's work or activity on a new goal.
- After the project failed, she decided to redirect her energies toward starting her own business.
Verb
- channel into a new direction
- redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists