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redirecting

redirecting is the present participle and gerund of redirect.

Meaning of redirect

Verb

redirect (third-person singular simple present redirects, present participle redirecting, simple past and past participle redirected)

  1. (transitive) To give new direction to; to change the course, direction or destination of.
    • We need to redirect the traffic along Forest Road.
    Synonyms:
    reorient
  2. (transitive) To instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.
  3. (transitive) To gently shift a behavior or thought pattern to a healthier end.
    • When he starts ruminating like that, try to redirect him to use his coping skills.
  4. (transitive) To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
  5. To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.
    • You will be redirected shortly.

See all 8 meanings of redirect

Questions about redirecting

What is redirecting the present participle and gerund of?
Redirecting is the present participle and gerund of redirect.

Words near redirecting in the dictionary

  1. redirect
  2. redirectable
  3. redirected
  4. redirected walking
  5. redirectedness
  6. redirecting
  7. redirection
  8. redirections
  9. redirective
  10. redirectivity
  11. redirector

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Adapted from Wiktionary: redirecting (page history and authors); redirect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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