redirect

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re·di·rect /ˌriːdaɪˈrekt, -də-/ verb [transitiveT]

1 CHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERto use something for a different purpose 使改变用途

She was good at redirecting the children’s energy into something useful.

她善于让孩子们把精力转移到有用的事情上。

2 to send something in a different direction 使改变方向；使改变路线[航线]

The flight was redirected to Cleveland.

航班改道飞向克利夫兰。

3. British EnglishBrETCM to send someone’s letters to their new address from an address that they have left 改寄，转寄〔信件〕 SYN forward

—redirection /-ˈrekʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

redirect• I need to write another book to tell you about some of the astonishing ways in which skills can be redirected.• Between 2% and 4% of Britain's economic output now needs to be redirected abroad.• I'm redirecting all his letters to his college.• I've asked the new owners to redirect all our letters.• Jody files away the problem and redirects her attention.• With an effort he redirected his thoughts to the problem of what films the Palladium should show in the near future.• In that office he translated the old church language about a sense of mission, redirecting it to the nation.• I redirect my focus to my own life.• Hewlett-Packard has a companywide Phone Extend program that can redirect phone calls so that a person can find you wherever you are.• It shows how wealth, created through shipbuilding, iron, lead and armaments manufacture, was redirected towards cultural development.

From Longman Business Dictionary

redirectre·di·rect /ˌriːdaɪˈrekt, -də-/ verb [transitiveT]

1to use money, effort etc for a different purpose

redirect something into/to something

We are redirecting funds to other departments.

Management effort needs to be redirected into strategy and decision-making.

2British EnglishBrE to send someone’s letters to their new address from an address that they have leftSYN FORWARD

All mail will be redirected to our new offices.

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