indirect

[US]/ˌɪndəˈrekt/
[UK]/ˌɪndəˈrekt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not directly caused by or resulting from something, subtle or roundabout rather than straightforward, not straight to the point

Phrases & Collocations

indirect method

indirect speech

indirect cost

indirect tax

indirect immunofluorescence

indirect cooling

indirect object

indirect material

indirect expenses

indirect lighting

Example Sentences

an indirect attack on the Archbishop.

We went to the house by an indirect road.

He gave only an indirect answer.

full employment would have an indirect effect on wage levels.

local government under the indirect control of the British.

The desistance of crime cannot exist in indirect intentional crime.

On the way home, we took an indirect route.

The increase in indirect taxation is intended to neutralise the reduction in income tax.

Sometimes taking the indirect path saves time.

The indirect apodosis is often a speech act without a speech-act prefix.

p Chlorobenzaldehyde was prepared from p chlorotoluene by indirect electrolytic oxidation.

Indirect connecting is diseconomy for low water temperature of heating network.

The probative value of direct evidence is, in general, stronger than that of the indirect evidence;

The patients underwent hearing test, indirect laryngoscopy or fiberoptic pharyngorhinoscopy, CT, and neoplasm pathologic observation.

The diphenyl-thiocarbazone extraction and spectrophotometry were developed for indirect determination of residual chlorine in water distribution system.

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