redirect
/ɹˌidɚˈɛkt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A redirection.
noun
An examination of a witness, following cross-examination, by the party that conducted the direct examination, re-examination.
noun
The substitution of one address or identifier for another one, so as to navigate to a different location.
Example Sentences
- "We need to redirect the traffic along Forest Road."
- "redirect output to /dev/null"
- "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."
- "When he starts ruminating like that, try to redirect him to use his coping skills."
- "You will be redirected shortly."
- "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."
Etymology
From re- + direct.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: re-