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in·di·rect  (nd-rkt, -d-)

adj.

1. Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.

2.

a. Not proceeding straight to the point or object.

b. Not forthright and candid; devious.

3. Not directly planned for; secondary: indirect benefits.

4. Reporting the exact or approximate words of another with such changes as are necessary to bring the original statement into grammatical conformity with the sentence in which it is included: indirect discourse.

5. Logic Involving, relating to, or being the proof of a statement by the demonstration of the impossibility or absurdity of the statement's negation.

6. Sports Being a free kick in soccer by which a goal cannot be scored without the ball being touched by a second player.

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indi·rectly adv.

indi·rectness n.

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indirect

Adjective

1. done or caused by someone or something else: indirect benefits

2. not going in a direct course or line: he took the indirect route home

3. not coming straight to the point: an indirect question

indirectly adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	indirect - having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause" mediate - acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
	2.	indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" direct - direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
	3.	indirect - descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" collateral related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
	4.	indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
	5.	indirect - not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage" secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"

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indirect

adjective 1. related, accompanying, secondary, subsidiary, contingent, collateral, incidental, unintended, ancillary, concomitant

adjective 2. circuitous, winding, roundabout, curving, wandering, rambling, deviant, meandering, tortuous, zigzag, long-drawn-out, circumlocutory << OPPOSITE direct

Translations

indirect [ɪndɪˈrɛkt] adj → indirecto

indirect [ɪndɪˈrɛkt] adj → indirect(e)

indirect [ɪndɪˈrɛkt] adj → indirekt;

indirect way or route → Umweg m

indirect [ɪndɪˈrɛkt] adj → indiretto/a

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indirect

adj indirect [indiˈrekt]

1 not leading straight to the destination; not direct We arrived late because we took rather an indirect route.indirekteغَيْر مُباشِرнепрякnepřímýindirektenicht direktπου δεν οδηγεί κατευθείαν στον προορισμόindirectokaudne, kõrval-غیر مستقیمmutkittelevaindirectעָקִיףपरोक्षzaobilazannem egyenes; közvetettmemutaróbeinn; krókaleiðindiretto遠回りの우회하는netiesus, aplinkinisnetiešs; aplinku-memutarindirektindirekteokrężnyindirectoin­di­rectокольный;непрямойnepriamyovinkastzaobilazanindirekt, om[]โดยอ้อมdolaylı迂回的непрямийبالواسطہ نہ کہ براہ راستquanh co迂回的

2 not straightforward I asked her several questions but she kept giving me indirect answers.ontwykendeغَيْر مُسْتَقيمкосвенvyhýbavýundvigende; indirektenicht direktπλάγιος, μη ευθύςindirectopõiklevغیر صریحepäsuoradétournéלא יָשִירअप्रत्यक्षneizravannem egyenestidak langsungóheiðarlegur; loðin svörindiretto遠まわしの솔직하지 않은išsisukinėjantis, netiesusizvairīgstidak langsungontwijkendindirektewykrętnyindirectoocolitуклончивыйvyhýbavýposredenposredanindirekt, förtäcktอ้อมค้อมdolambaçlı, kaçamaklı不直截了當的ухильнийگھما کر نہ کہ سیدھاgián tiếp不直截了当的

3 not intended; not directly aimed at an indirect result.indirekteغَيْر مُوَجَّه إلى، غَيْر مُباشِرвториченvedlejší, nezamýšlenýindirekte; side-; bi-indirektέμμεσοςindirectokaudneغیر مستقیمepäsuoraindirectעָקִיףअप्रत्यक्षposredannem szándékos; közvetetttidak langsungóbeinnindiretto間接の간접적인, 부차적인netiesioginisnetiešstidak langsungindirektutilsiktetpośredniindirectoindirectпобочныйvedľajšíposredenposredanbi-, sido-โดยอ้อมamaçlanmamış, dolaylı間接的побічнийضمنیkhông lường trước间接的

n ˌindiˈrectness

indirektheidعَدَم مُباشَرَهлипса на прямостnepřímostindirekthedder Umwegεμμεσότηταcualidad de indirectopõiklikkusغیر مستقیم بودنepäsuoruuscaractère indirectעֲקִיפִיןजटिलता, अप्रत्यक्षताneizravnosttisztességtelenségsifat tidak langsungsem er óbeinn; undirferlil'essere indiretto間接性간접성, 우회성netiesumasizvairīgumstidak langsungnyaindirektheid,onoprechtheiddet å gå omveiercharakter pośredniacção indirectacaracter indirectкосвенностьnepriamosťposrednostzaobilaznostindirekt tillvägagångssätt, krokvägarไม่ตรงไปตรงมาdolaylılık, kaçamak間接нещирість; манівецьبالواسطگیtính gián tiếp间接

indirect object

the word in a sentence which stands for the person or thing to or for whom something is given, done etc In `Give me the book', `Tell the children a story', `Boil John an egg', me , the children and John are indirect objects.indirekte onderwerpمَفعول بِه غَيْر مُباشِرнепрякpředmět nepřímýindirekte objektdas Dativobjektέμμεσο αντικείμενο (γραμμ.)complemento indirectokaudsihitisمفعول غیر مستقیمepäsuora objekticomplément indirectמוּשָׂא עָקִיףगौण कर्मobjekt u dativurészeshatározópelengkap penyertaóbeint andlagcomplemento indiretto間接目的語간접 목적어netiesioginis papildinysnetiešais papildinātājsobjek tak langsungmeewerkend voorwerpindirekte objektdopełnienie dalszeobjecto indirectocomplement indirectкосвенное дополнениеnepriamy predmetpredmet v dajalnikuindirektan objekatdativobjektกรรมรอง (ทางไวยากรณ์)dolaylı tümleç間接賓語непрямий додатокبالواسطہ مفعولbổ ngữ gián tiếp间接宾语

indirect speech

a person's words as they are reported rather than in the form in which they were said He said that he would come is the form in indirect speech of He said `I will come' .indirekte redeكلام غَيْر مُباشِرнепряка речnepřímá řečindirekte taleindirekte Redeπλάγιος λόγος (γραμμ.)discurso indirectokaudkõneنقل قول غیر مستقیمepäsuora esitysdiscours indirectדִיבּוּר עָקִיףअन्यपुरूष कथनindirektan govorfüggő beszédkalimat tidak langsungóbein ræðadiscorso indiretto間接話法간접 화법netiesioginė kalbanetiešā runaucapan tak langsungindirekte redeindirekte talemowa zależnadiscurso indirectovorbire indirectăкосвенная речьnepriama rečodvisni govorneupravni govorindirekt tal (anföring)คำพูดของผู้อื่นที่เอามารายงานต่อdolaylı anlatım間接引語непряма моваبالواسطہ کلامlối nói gián tiếp间接叙述法