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# How to pronounce "re directing" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/rɛdɪrɛktɪng/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **re·di·rec·ting**

## Meaning & Usage

### VERB
- present participle and gerund of redirect

### Example Sentences
- "We're directing it. We have a certain amount of information coming in."
- "you're directing your attention there, has been shown to increase focus for singular topics and can improve memory and do a bunch of other things as well."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "re directing" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "We're pointing that flashlight. We're directing it. We have a certain amount of information coming in. And then we're disengaging it to move to the next thing."
- **Watch at 15:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXUyI-6AWu4&t=924s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "on one's breath, focusing one's attention on sometimes called the third eye center, but in science we'd say just the region right behind the forehead, you're directing your attention there, has been shown to increase focus for singular topics and can improve memory and do a bunch of other things as well. Those are data from Dr. Wendy Suzuki's lab at New York University."
- **Watch at 12:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp9GXl9Qk_s&t=752s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "You could decide that you're listening to a podcast, that you are in a particular location. You're not just paying attention to what's happening, you're directing your thought process. And a lot of people don't understand or at least appreciate that the thought patterns and the neural circuits that underlie thoughts"
- **Watch at 28:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XfCl-HpRM&t=1697s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "We're a company that we're directing our efforts towards enabling certain institutions to preserve the society and the values that we consider to be core to our identities,"
- **Watch at 48:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfS9PoxJCDA&t=2902s)

### Example 5
*Accent: UK*
> "You're controlling them and you're directing them to go back into the uh the glitter ball now that their job is done. Well, you know, if that wasn't,"
- **Watch at 4:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNp7Y2SFZvU&t=243s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "You're directing it sounds like big productions."
- **Watch at 11:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA81QUt5Xjs&t=692s)

### Example 7
> "And so I called him and I was like, please, please, please, please, please do me this favor, please. I know you're directing movies, but could you do like just some five, short films for me at Uber? Yeah, I'm still paying him back for that."
- **Watch at 12:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISGBCt5eGfU&t=733s)

### Example 8
> "find ways around any sorts of blockage like this well what's funny is that Amazon is saying well you can't buy it here but you can buy it at Best Buy I mean they're directing people to their competitors I don't understand what's what's the point yeah and there isn't one right I mean that's the point point is there isn't one it's purely punitive and right right go ahead Mike sounds like a lot of manipulation"
- **Watch at 3:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIDxjzH_BjY&t=212s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "So they're forcing themselves to be mostly motionless, small movements are fine. And they're directing their attention to the surface of their body, they're doing long exhale breathing. Sometimes some intentions, sometimes some visualization."
- **Watch at 93:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPlJcD-o-4Q&t=5583s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "So you're sending the energy of a nuclear explosion -- not like just a stick of dynamite, but you're directing it at the ship."
- **Watch at 3:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l2QopJbDBs&t=227s)


## How to Pronounce "re directing"

- **Syllables**: re · di · rec · ting
- **IPA**: `/rɛdɪrɛktɪng/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[directing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/directing)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “re directing”?
“re directing” is pronounced /rɛdɪrɛktɪng/ (re · di · rec · ting). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “re directing”?
“re directing” has 4 syllables: re · di · rec · ting.

### What does “re directing” mean?
present participle and gerund of redirect

### How can I hear “re directing” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “re directing” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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