Verb
To give new direction to; to change the course, direction or destination of.
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We need to redirect the traffic along Forest Road.
redirect output to /dev/null
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The furious reaction in Germany after 200,000 protective masks destined for Berlin mysteriously went missing in Thailand and were allegedly redirected to the US is a case in point. There is no solid proof Trump approved the heist. But it’s the sort of thing he would do – or so people believe.
To instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.
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To gently shift a behavior or thought pattern to a healthier end.
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When he starts ruminating like that, try to redirect him to use his coping skills.
To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
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To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.
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You will be redirected shortly.
Noun
A redirection.
An examination of a witness, following cross-examination, by the party that conducted the direct examination, re-examination.
The substitution of one address or identifier for another one, so as to navigate to a different location.
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On July 8, 2025 Glitch project hosting and user profiles will be shut down. Your Glitch dashboard will remain available as usual through the end of 2025, with access to download all of your code for your projects, as well as a new feature to set up redirects for your project subdomains so your URLs keep working.
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channel into a new direction
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redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists