English Dictionary
Definition of “indirect”
indirect (ˌɪndɪˈrɛkt
)
Definitions
adjective
- deviating from a direct course or line; roundabout; circuitous
- not coming as a direct effect or consequence; secondary ⇒
indirect benefits
- not straightforward, open, or fair; devious or evasive ⇒
an indirect insult
- (of a title or an inheritance) not inherited in an unbroken line of succession from father to son
Alternative Forms
ˌindiˈrectly adverb ˌindiˈrectness noun
Synonyms
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related,
accompanying,
secondary,
subsidiary,
contingent,
collateral,
incidental,
unintended,
ancillary,
concomitant,
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circuitous,
winding,
roundabout,
curving,
wandering,
rambling,
deviant,
meandering,
tortuous,
zigzag,
long-drawn-out,
circumlocutory,
devious,
Translations
- British English:
indirect
An indirect result or effect is not caused immediately and obviously by a thing or person, but happens because of something else that they have done.Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war.ˌɪndɪˈrɛkt ADJECTIVE Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war.
- Spanish:
indirecto
adj indirecta
- French:
indirect
adj
- German:
indirekt
adj
- Chinese: 间接的 adj
- Arabic: غَيْرُ مُبَاشِرٌ adj
- Portuguese: indirecto adj indirecta
- Russian: непрямой adj непрямая
- Croatian: neizravan adj neizravna
- Czech: nepřímý adj
- Danish: indirekte adj
- Dutch: indirect adj
- Finnish: epäsuora adj
- Greek: έμμεσος adj έμμεση
- Italian: indiretto adj indiretta
- Japanese: 間接的な no_posp
- Korean: 간접의 adj
- Norwegian: indirekte adj
- Polish: pośredni adj pośrednia
- Brazilian Portuguese: indireto adj indireta
- European Spanish:
indirecto
adj indirecta
- Swedish: indirekt adj
- Thai: ไม่ตรง adj
- Turkish: dolaylı adj
- Vietnamese: gián tiếp adj
Usage examples
`Yes... Perhaps in some indirect way that we haven't yet understood.
Barnard, Robert, The Disposal of the Living (1985)One of the reasons populations age is the direct and indirect impact of reduced morbidity at all ages.
Spiked (2002)Add all the direct and indirect costs, and a figure of close to $4 billion or more is not inconceivable.
Globe and Mail (2003)Nobby Solano touched on the indirect free-kick 16 yards out to Shearer, who smashed a low effort into the bottom corner.
Sun, News of the World (2002)This permits some form of representation, albeit diffuse and indirect , for the citizens of the world.
George Monbiot, THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003)
