Indirect - English meaning

adjective

Happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly.

Usage examples:

A verdict of accidental death

noun

A sign indicating a momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note.

Usage examples:

Horn parts are usually written without key signature, the necessary accidentals being added

Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

adjective

Provided or occurring at the same time as something else.

Usage examples:

The accompanying documentation

verb

Go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort.

Usage examples:

The two sisters were to accompany us to london

adjective

Appearing or going with someone or something else

Usage examples:

Front-page stories broke the news of the star leaving, and accompanying photographs showed her gett…

adjective

Using or containing suggestion rather than explicit mention.

Usage examples:

Allusive references to the body

adjective

Providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, system, etc.

Usage examples:

Ancillary staff

noun

A person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, system, etc.

Usage examples:

The employment of specialist teachers and ancillaries

adjective

Sinuous or circuitous.

Usage examples:

The line of gold extends and becomes anfractuous

adjective

Having a lot of bends or curves

adjective

(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.

Usage examples:

The canal followed a circuitous route

adjective

Not straight or direct; roundabout

Usage examples:

We took a circuitous route home., the train tracks wound circuitously through the canyons.

noun

Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default.

Usage examples:

She put her house up as collateral for the bank loan

adjective

Additional but subordinate; secondary.

Usage examples:

The collateral meanings of a word

noun

Valuable property owned by someone who wants to borrow money, which the person agrees will become the property of the lender (= person or business that lends money) if the debt is not paid back

Usage examples:

She put up her house as collateral for the loan.

adjective

Naturally accompanying or associated.

Usage examples:

She loved travel, with all its concomitant worries

noun

A phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.

Usage examples:

He sought promotion without the necessary concomitant of hard work

noun

Something that happens with something else and is connected with it

Usage examples:

Loss of memory is a natural concomitant of old age., any increase in students means a concomitant i…

adjective

Following as a result or effect.

Usage examples:

A loss of confidence and a consequential withdrawal of funds

adjective

Happening as a result of something

Usage examples:

We need to act now to avoid a recession and the consequential damage that would follow., analysts n…

adjective

Subject to chance.

Usage examples:

The contingent nature of the job

noun

A group of people sharing a common feature, forming part of a larger group.

Usage examples:

A contingent of japanese businessmen attending a conference

noun

A group of people representing an organization or country, or a part of a military force

Usage examples:

The conservative contingent walked out of the convention when their plan was rejected., buying the …

verb

Form or cause to form a curve.

Usage examples:

Her mouth curved in a smile

noun

A line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length.

Usage examples:

The parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve

verb

Present participle of curve

Usage examples:

The road curves round to the left.

adjective

Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved of for that reason.

Usage examples:

An artist who is not in the slightest bit derivative

noun

Something which is based on another source.

Usage examples:

The aircraft is a derivative of the falcon 20g

adjective

Having qualities taken from something else

Usage examples:

Too much of the music feels derivative., retinol is a derivative of vitamin a.

verb

Obtain something from (a specified source).

Usage examples:

They derived great comfort from this assurance

adjective

Coming from or caused by something else

Usage examples:

Derived products

adjective

Departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour.

Usage examples:

Deviant behaviour

noun

A deviant person or thing.

Usage examples:

Killers, deviants, and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension

adjective

Differing from the accepted standard

adjective

Tending to be different or develop in different directions.

Usage examples:

Divergent interpretations

adjective

Different from each other

Usage examples:

A divergent approach/attitude, divergent interests/opinions/views

adjective

Suggested though not directly expressed.

Usage examples:

Comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies

adjective

Suggested but not communicated directly

Usage examples:

We interpreted his silence as implicit agreement., some reporters thought there was an implicit thr…

adjective

Suggested but not directly expressed; implicit.

Usage examples:

She was aware of his implied criticism

verb

Indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference.

Usage examples:

Salesmen who use jargon to imply superior knowledge

adjective

Happening as a minor accompaniment to something else.

Usage examples:

For the fieldworker who deals with real problems, paperwork is incidental

noun

An incidental expense, event, etc.

Usage examples:

An allowance to cover meals, taxis, and other incidentals

adjective

Happening by chance, or in connection with something of greater importance

Usage examples:

His influence on younger employees was incidental, not intentional., will i be reimbursed for incid…

adjective

Not definitely or clearly expressed or explained.

Usage examples:

Inexplicit declarations

adjective

Following a winding course.

Usage examples:

Meandering rivers flow at vastly different rates

noun

An act of following a winding course.

Usage examples:

Ox-bow lagoons left by the river's meanderings

verb

(of a river or road) follow a winding course.

Usage examples:

A river that meandered gently through a meadow

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting.

Usage examples:

We sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace

noun

Another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun).

adjective

Occurring or produced as a result of something.

Usage examples:

Restructuring and the resultant cost savings

noun

A force, velocity, or other vector quantity which is equivalent to the combined effect of two or more component vectors acting at the same point.

Usage examples:

The resultant of mechanical forces pulling in different directions

noun

The total when two or more vectors are added

adjective

Occurring or following as the consequence of something.

Usage examples:

Talk of a general election and the resulting political uncertainty

verb

Occur or follow as the consequence of something.

Usage examples:

Anger may result from an argument

adjective

Caused by the event or situation that you have just mentioned

Usage examples:

The tape was left near a magnetic source, and the resulting damage was considerable.

noun

A road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it.

Usage examples:

Turn right at the next roundabout

adjective

Not following a short direct route; circuitous.

Usage examples:

We need to take a roundabout route to throw off any pursuit

adjective

Not simple, direct, or quick

Usage examples:

You took the roundabout way to get here.

adjective

Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.

Usage examples:

The plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters

noun

Former term for mesozoic.

adjective

Less important than related things

Usage examples:

A coach’s first responsibility is to the team – everything else is secondary., the secondary curric…

adjective

Of or like a serpent or snake.

Usage examples:

Serpentine coils

noun

A dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes mottled or spotted like a snake's skin.

Usage examples:

The metamorphic mineral serpentine - or magnesium silicate hydroxide - is composed of magnesium, si…

verb

Move or lie in a winding path or line.

Usage examples:

Fresh tyre tracks serpentined back towards the hopper

adjective

Lower in rank or position.

Usage examples:

His subordinate officers

noun

A person under the authority or control of another within an organization.

Usage examples:

He was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates

verb

Treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else.

Usage examples:

Practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency

adjective

Full of twists and turns.

Usage examples:

The route is remote and tortuous

adjective

Full of twists and turns; not straight or direct

Usage examples:

His so-called shortcut turned out to be tortuous and slow.

adjective

Not planned or meant.

Usage examples:

The unintended consequences of people's actions

adjective

Travelling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant.

Usage examples:

A wandering preacher

verb

Walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way.

Usage examples:

I wandered through the narrow streets

noun

A twisting movement or course.

Usage examples:

The windings of the stream

adjective

Following a twisting or spiral course.

Usage examples:

Our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase

verb

Cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach.

Usage examples:

The fall nearly winded him

noun

A line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns.

Usage examples:

She traced a zigzag on the metal with her finger

adjective

Having the form of a zigzag; veering alternately to right and left.

Usage examples:

When chased by a predator, some animals take a zigzag course

adverb

So as to move right and left alternately.

Usage examples:

She drives zigzag across the city