indirect

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·dir·ect BrE [ˌɪndəˈrekt] NAmE [ˌɪndəˈrekt] BrE [ˌɪndaɪˈrekt] NAmE [ˌɪndaɪˈrekt] adjective usually before noun
1. happening not as the main aim, cause or result of a particular action, but in addition to it
•the indirect effects of the war
•to find something out by indirect methods
• The building collapsed as an indirect result of the heavy rain.
• There would be some benefit, however indirect, to the state.
•indirect costs (= costs that are not directly connected with making a product, for example training, heating, rent, etc.)
2. avoiding saying sth in a clear and obvious way
•an indirect attack
3. not going in a straight line
•an indirect route
• The plant prefers indirect sunlight.
Opp: ↑direct
Derived Words: ↑indirectly ▪ ↑indirectness

Word Origin:
[indirect indirectly indirectness] 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’).

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  direct, lineal