INDIRECT
\ɪnda͡ɪɹˈɛkt], \ɪndaɪɹˈɛkt], \ɪ_n_d_aɪ_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of INDIRECT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
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not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "must take an indirect couse in sailing"
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having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause"
By Princeton University
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descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
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not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "must take an indirect couse in sailing"
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having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
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Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.
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Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
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Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.
By Oddity Software
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Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
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Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.
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Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
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Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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Not straight or in a line; as, an indirect road; resulting, in a roundabout manner, from a cause; not reaching the end aimed at by the most straightforward method; not straightforward or fair.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Not direct or straight: not tending to a result by the plainest course: not straightforward or honest.
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INDIRECTNESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
