{
    "term": "indirect",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "happening not as the main aim, cause or result of a particular action, but in addition to it",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **indirect effects** of the war"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to find something out by indirect methods"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building collapsed as an indirect result of the heavy rain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There would be some benefit, however indirect, to the state."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not done directly; done through somebody/something else",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "territories under the indirect control of the British"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "avoiding saying something in a clear and obvious way",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The comment was an indirect attack on the prime minister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president made an indirect reference to the subject in his speech."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not going in a straight line",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an indirect route"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plant prefers indirect sunlight."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪndəˈrekt//ˌɪndaɪˈrekt/",
                "audio": "in/indirect/indirect__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪndəˈrekt//ˌɪndaɪˈrekt/",
                "audio": "in/indirect/indirect__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’)."
}