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    [Adjective]  | "in*di*rect" | \ ˌin-də-ˈrekt \


    1: not direct: such as

    2: deviating from a direct line or course : roundabout

    3: not going straight to the point


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Medieval Latin indirectus, from Latin in- + directus direct {mat|dress|};

    [Noun]  | "indirect cost" 


    1: a cost that is not identifiable with a specific product, function, or activity


    Origin: circa 1909 ;

    [Noun]  | "indirect evidence" 


    1: evidence that establishes immediately collateral facts from which the main fact may be inferred : circumstantial evidence


    Origin: 1824 ;

    [Noun]  | "indirect lighting" 


    1: lighting in which the light emitted by a source is diffusely reflected (as by the ceiling)


    Origin: 1922 ;

    [Noun]  | "indirect object" 


    1: a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that occurs in addition to a direct object after some verbs and indicates the person or thing that receives what is being given or done : the person or thing that the action of a verb is performed for or directed to


    Origin: 1879 ;

    [Adjective]  | "indirect" 


    1: not straightforward or direct;


      * e.g., " ... the cab driver took a very indirect route to the hotel "





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