redirect

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to change the direction, course, or purpose of something

   The barriers redirect traffic away from the flooded road.

2. 2
   verb

   to send a person, request, or item of mail to a different destination

   Please redirect my letters to the new address until I return.

3. 3
   verb

   in computing, to send a browser, data stream, or output automatically to another address or destination

   The old link will redirect visitors to the updated page.

Formed from re-, "again or in a new direction," + direct. Direct comes through Latin directus from dirigere, "to set straight or guide." The computing sense applies the same idea to sending requests or data toward a different destination.

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