indirect

Examples

• All

• The study showed that pollution had an indirect effect on the health of nearby residents.

• Every dollar spent is either direct or indirect competition with you.

  Ryan Pineda

• But there are lots of indirect forms of financial control.

• So in other words, we have indirect proof of these things.

• It's more or less an indirect effect.

• And when you include the direct cost, what does it take to treat patients as well as the indirect costs?

• I'll spend most of the time on what are called indirect market based methods.

• When it comes to the Amazon forest fires, one indirect victim is rarely mentioned.

  Takeout (2020)

• Interestingly, teachers described both direct and indirect impacts the arts activities had on participating students.

  Academic text (2013)

• Service measurability uncertainty was found to be positively related to the indirect cost measurement of public services.

  Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

M

mediated

vsindirect

13 5.6

Arranged through a neutral person so people do not meet directly

covers causes via any intermediate step, not only those with an agent

S

secondhand

vsindirect

3 2.9

By hearing it from someone else rather than directly

applies more generally to things caused or received via any intermediate step

Antonyms

D

direct

799 1.0

Straight and without anything in between, for example a route

Compounds

I

indirect tax

2 3.7

A tax added to the price of goods or services

I

indirect evidence

2 5.8

A clue that does not prove a fact directly but makes it seem likely

I

indirect fire

• Specialized

1 8.2

Shooting at a target you cannot see using calculations or people who watch

I

indirect lighting

1 4.4

Light from a hidden source that reflects off ceilings and walls to make a soft, even glow

I

indirect object

1 5.1

A person or thing that gets the benefit of an action, often with a direct object

I

indirect expression

1 6.4

A way of telling someone something without saying it directly

I

indirect immunofluorescence

• Specialized

1 8.2

A lab method using a first antibody and a glowing second antibody to show targets under a special microscope

I

indirect correlation

• Specialized

1 7.1

A relationship between two things where one goes up while the other goes down

I

indirect discourse

1 7.9

A way of reporting what someone said without using their exact words, often changing pronouns and verb tenses

I

indirect transmission

• Specialized

1 6.7

When germs spread to a person through a thing or animal instead of direct touch

I

indirect request

1 5.9

A statement or question that asks for something without saying it directly

I

indirect antonym

• Specialized

9.3

An opposite found through another word, not directly opposed

How Indirect

roundabout

11 4.9

indirect

43 3.9

direct

799 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology