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{
"term": "indirect",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "happening not as the main aim, cause or result of a particular action, but in addition to it",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **indirect effects** of the war"
},
{
"text": "to find something out by indirect methods"
},
{
"text": "The building collapsed as an indirect result of the heavy rain."
},
{
"text": "There would be some benefit, however indirect, to the state."
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not done directly; done through somebody/something else",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "territories under the indirect control of the British"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "avoiding saying something in a clear and obvious way",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The comment was an indirect attack on the prime minister."
},
{
"text": "The president made an indirect reference to the subject in his speech."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "not going in a straight line",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an indirect route"
},
{
"text": "The plant prefers indirect sunlight."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪndəˈrekt//ˌɪndaɪˈrekt/",
"audio": "in/indirect/indirect__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪndəˈrekt//ˌɪndaɪˈrekt/",
"audio": "in/indirect/indirect__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘not in full grammatical concord’): from medieval Latin indirectus, from in- ‘not’ + directus (past participle of dirigere, from di- ‘distinctly’ or de- ‘down’ + regere ‘put straight’)."
}