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indirect question

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(n) (grammar) တစ်ဆင့်ပြောမေးခွန်း။

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indirect / Çndǝ'rekt, -daÇ'r- / adj

၁။ သွယ်ဝိုက်သော။ an indirect cause / impact / result ❍ find something out by indirect methods ❍ There would be some benefit, however indirect, to the state.
၂။ သွယ်ဝိုက်သော။ an indirect appeal for support ❍ Their handling of the situation came under indirect attack in the press.
၃။ သွယ်ဝိုက်သော။ ကွေ့ကောက်သော။ an indirect route.
❑ indirectly adv သွယ်ဝိုက်၍။ This legislation will affect us all, directly or indirectly.
❍ be indirectly responsible for sth.
❑ indirect object n (grammar ) သမ္ပဒါနပုဒ်။ လက်ခံပြပုဒ်။ him in Give him (ie to him) the money. Compare OBJECT1 ၄
❑ indirect question (also reported question ) n (grammar ) တစ်ဆင့်ပြောမေးခွန်း။ In an indirect question, the question ‘Where are you going?’ becomes ‘She asked me where I was going. ’
❑ indirect speech (also reported speech ) n [U] (grammar ) တစ်ဆင့်ပြောစကား။ In indirect speech, ‘I'll come later’ becomes ‘He said he'd come later. ’
❑ indirect tax n ပစ္စည်းအလိုက် ပေးရသော အခွန်။ သွယ်ဝိုက်ခွန်။

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  • An indirect approach to the problem
  • Her promotion may have an indirect effect on the morale of other employees.
  • There will be substantial indirect benefits to the population.
  • The observation of black holes in space must rely on indirect methods.
  • We took an indirect but scenic route through the mountains.
  • He made only indirect references to his opponent.
  • Indirect assurances of continued support
Synonyms
not direct, roundabout, circuitous, circumlocutory, tortuous, meandering, ambiguous, ancillary, circular, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, hinted at, implicit, implied, incidental, inferred, long, long way home, long-drawn-out, long-winded, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, periphrastic, rambling, roundabout; unintended, secondary, serpentine, sidelong, sinister, sinuous, snaking, sneaking, sneaky, subsidiary, tacit, twisting, underhand, understood, unforeseen, unintended, unplanned, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag
Antonyms
direct, intended, overt, straight, straightforward
Cross references
not directroundaboutcircuitouscircumlocutorytortuousmeanderingambiguousancillarycircularcollateralcomplicatedcontingentcrookeddeviousdiscursiveduplicitouserraticeventualhinted atimplicitimpliedincidentalinferredlonglong way homelong-drawn-outlong-windedoblique
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