indirect

Examples

• All

• In our family tree, her relation to me is indirect; she is my aunt's daughter, not my direct sister.

• An aside: I have an indirect personal connection to Davis.

  Blog text (20)

• The third hypothesis, however, according to which immediate relations should be stronger than indirect ones, was not confirmed here.

  Academic text (1999)

• And you as the driver have only an indirect relationship to the fuel tank... ...via the gauges.

  A Scanner Darkly (2006)

• Now, they're also targeting boards that have indirect relationships with each other.

• In addition to possible direct effects on athletic performance, there appear to be a number of indirect means by which hypnosis may benefit the athlete.

  Academic text (1991)

• In 1900, Britain declared Nigeria a protectorate and instituted a system of indirect rule.

  Academic text (1998)

• But at the same time, the entitlement programs and tax-funded indirect welfare need to expire, too.

  Blog text (14)

• The artist's style has been influenced by indirect connections to earlier movements, showing how art evolves through generations.

Synonyms

C

collateral

vsindirect

3 8.4

A relative who is not a parent or child, for example a cousin

presents the relation by saying what it is not rather than stating common origin

Antonyms

D

direct

574 1.0

Straight and without anything in between, for example a route

Compounds

I

indirect evidence

1 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 tax

1 3.7

A tax added to the price of goods or services

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 immunofluorescence

• Specialized

8.2

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

I

indirect object

5.1

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

I

indirect request

5.9

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

I

indirect transmission

• Specialized

6.7

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

I

indirect antonym

• Specialized

9.3

An opposite found through another word, not directly opposed

I

indirect correlation

• Specialized

7.1

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

I

indirect discourse

7.9

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

I

indirect expression

6.4

A way of telling someone something without saying it directly

How Close

close

∞ 1.3

indirect

1 4.2

distant

76 3.5

remote

15 5.4

unrelated

10 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology