Definition of redirect
transitive verb
: to change the course or direction of
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Examples of redirect in a Sentence
They dug trenches near the river to redirect the flow of the water.
Traffic will be redirected to avoid downtown.
Visitors to the old Web site address are redirected automatically to the new one.
I tried to redirect their attention to the other painting.
It's time to redirect your energy to your homework.
Recent Examples of redirect from the Web
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To begin Sunday, Albert Pujols grabbed hold of a hooking curveball from Yu Darvish and redirected it 407 feet to left field for a home run.
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The second would carry some sort of technology to redirect the space rock away from Earth.
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You will be redirected to the article on wsj.com in 5 seconds.
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Those pages, intended to replace each site’s home page, were uploaded via a security exploit, but other security settings prevented users from being automatically redirected to them, the office said Tuesday.
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Redirecting VW—with more than 600,000 employees and 120 factories—is tough.
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Late Thursday, the state signed off on redirecting an additional $30 million from the current budget year for flood control and levee repair.
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You will be redirected to the article on wsj.com in 5 seconds.
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After holding an extra month of public hearings, the Metro Council’s budget committee redirected about $13.4 million in Mayor Greg Fischer’s spending plan.
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First Known Use of redirect
1650
REDIRECT Defined for English Language Learners
redirect
playDefinition of redirect for English Language Learners
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: to change the path or direction of (something)
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: to use (something) for a different purpose
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: to send (a letter or package) to a new mailing address
REDIRECT Defined for Kids
redirect
playDefinition of redirect for Students
redirected
;redirecting
: to change the course or direction of
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