redirect

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Verb

redirect (redirects, present participle redirecting; 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. attention en

   You will be redirected shortly.

Synonyms

• reorient

Translations

• French: réorienter
• Spanish: reenviar, redirigir, reorientar

Translations

• French: réadresser, faire suivre
• Portuguese: redireccionar (Portugal), redirecionar (Brazil)

Translations

• German: weiterleiten
• Italian: reindirizzare
• Portuguese: redireccionar (Portugal), redirecionar (Brazil)
• Spanish: redirigir, redireccionar

Noun

redirect (plural redirects)

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

Synonyms

• (legal) redirect examination

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