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      indirect
      noun
      (finance) An indirect cost.
      An indirect radiator.
      verb
      (programming, transitive) To access by means of indirection; to dereference.
      adjective
      Not direct:
      Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result.
      Not focused straight at the target or subject; whose true aim appears secondary or obscure.
      Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path; oblique.
      (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Employing argument by contradiction; making use the law of the excluded middle; arguing via the contrapositive.
      Figuratively
      (archaic) Not straightforward, fair, or honest; corrupt.
      Roots
      rego-rect · Latin · rule, guide straight
      Synonyms for indirect
      ambagiousadjcircuitousadjcollateraladjcircumlocutoryadjincidentaladjbackhandedadjsidelongadjdigressiveadj
      Words related to indirect
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      Where does indirect come from?

      The word indirect breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root -rect, from Latin rego (“rule, guide straight”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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