American English
/ˌɹi.ɾɚ.ˈɛkts/
3 syllables · Stress the third syllable.
Related entry: redirect
To send a person, call, message, or internet request to a different person, place, or web page.
Practice out loudTo send a person, call, message, or internet request to a different person, place, or web page.
The receptionist redirected my call to the sales department.
This link redirects users to the new website.
redirect a call · redirect traffic · redirect a request · redirect someone to a page
redirect + someone/something + to + a person/place/page
redirect + a call/request + to + a person/number
To change the focus, effort, money, or resources from one thing to another.
She redirected her attention to the speaker.
The company redirected its funds to research.
redirect attention · redirect resources · redirect efforts · redirect funding
redirect + attention/efforts/resources + to + something
redirect + money/funding + toward + something
An instruction that sends a web visitor or internet request to a different web page or address.
The old page uses a redirect to send visitors to the new one.
The redirect failed, so the page would not load.
HTTP redirect · 301 redirect · website redirect
make someone focus on a different thing
The sudden noise redirected everyone's attention.
send a telephone call to another person or number
Could you redirect my call to customer service?
send a web visitor to another page
The button redirects to a new page.