redirect

English

Etymology

re- +‎ direct

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• reorient

Derived terms

• redirection
• hard redirect, soft redirect

Translations

to give new direction to

• Dutch: bijsturen (nl), verwijzen (nl), van richting veranderen
• Estonian: ümber suunama
• Finnish: uudelleenohjata
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: réorienter (fr)
• Georgian: გადამისამართება (gadamisamarteba)
• Maori: whakapeau
• Spanish: reenviar (es), redirigir, reorientar

instruct to go elsewhere

• Dutch: doorsturen (nl), doorverwijzen (nl)
• Finnish: ohjata muualle
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: réadresser (fr), faire suivre
• Portuguese: redireccionar (pt) (Portugal), redirecionar (pt) (Brazil)

substitute an address or pointer to a new location

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} redirigir (ca)
• Czech: přesměrovat
• Finnish: uudelleenohjata
• Galician: redirixir
• German: weiterleiten (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: reindirizzare
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omadressere

• Portuguese: redireccionar (pt) (Portugal), redirecionar (pt) (Brazil)
• Spanish: redirigir, redireccionar

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Translations to be checked

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} presmerovanie
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} redirigir

Noun

redirect (plural redirects)

1. A redirection.
2. (law) 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

Translations

redirection — see redirection

substition of an address for another one

• Czech: přesměrování n
• Finnish: uudelleenohjaus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omadressering m

Anagrams

• cedriret, directer, recredit