redirect

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈriːdʌɪrɛkt/ or /ˈriːdɪrɛkt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Verb

Plain form redirect

Third-person singular redirects

Past tense redirected

Past participle redirected

Present participle redirecting

1. (transitive) If you redirect something, you give it a new direction or change the direction of it.
2. (transitive) If you redirect someone, you instruct them to go or inquire elsewhere.
3. (computing) (transitive) If you redirect something, you substitute an address to a new location.

   You will be redirected shortly.

Noun

Singular redirect

Plural redirects

1. (computing) A redirect is the substitution of one address or identifier for another one to navigate to a different location.