redirect

CEFRB2

/rˌidəˈrɛkt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To send someone or something to a different place or purpose.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.

Examples

  • I want you to redirect the output of this command into that file.

  • When the cat scratches, redirect her to a scratching post.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.

  2. To give new direction to, change the direction of.

  3. To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.

More examples

In context

  • You will be redirected shortly.

  • redirect output to /dev/null

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The traffic officer had to blank cars away from the closed road.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From re- + direct.