redirecting
Sending another way
Redirecting is the present participle of redirect—to send something in a different direction.
Traffic gets redirected around an accident.
A website redirects visitors to a new URL.
In parenting and teaching, redirecting means guiding a child's attention or behavior away from something undesirable toward something acceptable: When he started throwing blocks, I redirected him to the sandbox.
Alternate path around obstruction
- reroutingSending by different path
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- diversionRedirection of attention
- alternate routeSecondary path to destination
road closure · construction · congestion · traffic control · signal · lane change · merge · one-way
Thing diverting one's attention
- deflectionChange in trajectory
- diversionRedirection of attention
- focusConcentrated attention point
- pivotPoint of rotation
shift · sleight · feint · decoy · refocus · reframe · tangent · sidetrack
Assign to different uses
- repurposeAdapt for new use
- reassignAllocate to new duties
- redistributeApportion anew among parties
- funnelCone directing flow
channel · prioritize · budget · reallocation · pivot · triage · divert · shift
detour
Alternate path around obstruction
- reroutingSending by different path
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- diversionRedirection of attention
alternate route · road closure · construction · congestion · traffic control · signal · lane change · merge · one-way · barricade
distraction
Thing diverting one's attention
- deflectionChange in trajectory
- diversionRedirection of attention
- focusConcentrated attention point
pivot · shift · sleight · feint · decoy · refocus · reframe · tangent · sidetrack · evasion
reallocate
Assign to different uses
- repurposeAdapt for new use
- reassignAllocate to new duties
- redistributeApportion anew among parties
funnel · channel · prioritize · budget · reallocation · pivot · triage · divert · shift · transfer
hyperlink
Clickable reference to another page
server · browser · webpage · link · refresh · bookmark · homepage · canonical · permalink · landing page
divert
Cause to change course
irrigation · drainage · levee · floodgate · reservoir · aqueduct · conduit · tributary · watershed · runoff
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- conversation tacticsactive listening, mirroring, small talk, deflection, changing subject
- parenting skillspatience, discipline, warmth, communication, empathy
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting
- guidingadvising, guiding, instructing, leading, mentoring
- directing flowchanneling, funneling, routing, piping, conveying
redirectingmaintaining
Keeping in condition
continuing · preserving · allowing · sustaining · perpetuating
redirectingblocking
Impeding forward progress
stopping · halting · obstructing · preventing · impeding