indirect
1indirect — indirect, e [ ɛ̃dirɛkt ] adj. • 1416; lat. indirectus ♦ Qui n est pas direct. 1 ♦ Qui n est pas en ligne droite, qui fait un ou plusieurs détours. ⇒ courbe, détourné. Itinéraire indirect. Éclairage indirect, qui éclaire par réflexion sur les… …
2indirect — INDIRÉCT, Ă, indirecţi, te, adj. 1. (Adesea adverbial) Care nu este direct, care se produce, apare sau se obţine prin mijlocirea cuiva sau a ceva. 2. (lingv.; în sintagmele) Stil indirect sau vorbire indirectă = procedeu sintactic de redare a… …
3indirect — indirect, ecte (in di rèkt, rèk t ; voy. DIRECT, pour la prononciation de la finale) adj. 1° Qui n est pas direct. Chemin indirect. 2° Fig. Qui suit une voie détournée. Avis indirect. Moyens indirects. Louanges indirectes, celles qu on… …
4Indirect — In di*rect , a. [Pref. in not + direct: cf. F. indirect.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road. [1913 Webster] 2. Not tending to an aim, purpose, or… …
5indirect — indirect, circuitous, roundabout are comparable when applied to ways, routes, or means with the meaning not leading by a straight path to a destination or goal. Indirect basically implies departure from the straight and short line between two… …
6indirect — I Adjective allusive, ambagious, backhanded, circuitous, circumambulating, circumlocutory, covert, crooked, desultory, deviating, deviatory, devious, devius, digressing, digressive, excursive, hidden, implicit, labyrinthine, meandering, non… …
7indirect — UK US /ˌɪndɪˈrekt/ adjective ► not done or communicated in a direct way: »We decided to take an indirect approach to tackling the problem of absenteeism. »He made only an indirect reference to what had happened at the meeting. ► happening in… …
8indirect — [in΄də rekt′; ] occas. [, in΄dīrekt′] adj. [ME < ML indirectus] not direct; specif., a) not straight; deviating; roundabout b) not straight to the point, or to the person or thing aimed at [an indirect reply] c) not straightforward; not fair… …
9indirect — (adj.) late 14c., from M.Fr. indirect (14c.) or directly from L.L. indirectus, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + directus (see DIRECT (Cf. direct)). Related: Indirectness …
10indirect — Indirect, [indir]ecte. adj. Qui n est pas direct. Il n a point d usage au propre. Fig. Voyes indirectes, Se dit en mauvaise part, pour de mauvais moyens. Il est parvenu à cette charge par des voyes indirectes. On appelle aussi figur. Loüanges… …
