indirect

«indirect» in Mova's school dictionary: Not going straight: an indirect route — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (indirect)

meaning for a pupil

1) Not going straight: an indirect route. tree →

2) Not said openly or plainly: an indirect answer. tree →

3) Happening as a side result rather than directly: an indirect cause. tree →

4) (grammar) Indirect speech reports what someone said without their exact words; an indirect object receives the thing given (She gave me a book: me). tree →

sense in the lessons

In grammar (indirect speech, indirect object), science (indirect evidence), maths (indirect proportion), and everyday life (indirect hints). Phrases: indirect speech, indirect object, indirect route, indirect sunlight.

examples

• We took an indirect route through the park. tree →
• He gave an indirect answer and didn't say yes or no. tree →
• Direct speech: Tom said, I am hungry. Indirect speech: Tom said he was hungry. tree →
• In She gave me a pen, me is the indirect object. tree →
• Some plants like indirect sunlight. tree →
• Smoking is an indirect cause of many illnesses. tree →

note

Opposite: direct. Adverb: indirectly. Indirect speech: no speech marks and often the tense moves back (am to was). Also called reported speech.

In the corpora

• An indirect request is a polite way of asking someone to do something, like "Would you mind closing the window?"

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «indirect» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.