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| adj. | 1. indirect | having intervening factors or persons or influences.; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause" |
| ~ mediate | acting through or dependent on an intervening agency.; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" |
| adj. | 2. indirect | not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination.; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" |
| ~ askance, askant, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.; "her eyes with their misted askance look"; "sidelong glances" |
| ~ circuitous, roundabout, devious | deviating from a straight course.; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic" |
| ~ diversionary | (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive. |
| ~ meandering, wandering, winding, rambling | of a path e.g..; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" |
| ~ crooked | having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned.; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" |
| adj. | 3. collateral, indirect | descended from a common ancestor but through different lines.; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" |
| ~ related | connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage. |
| adj. | 4. indirect | extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action.; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" |
| ~ allusive | characterized by indirect references.; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions" |
| ~ backhanded | roundabout or ambiguous.; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal" |
| ~ circuitous, roundabout | marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct.; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend" |
| ~ ambagious, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings." |
| ~ devious, oblique | indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading.; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers" |
| ~ excursive, digressive, discursive, rambling | (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that" |
| ~ hearsay | heard through another rather than directly.; "hearsay information" |
| ~ mealy-mouthed, mealymouthed | hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy.; "a mealymouthed politician" |
| ~ tortuous | not straightforward.; "his tortuous reasoning" |
| adj. | 5. indirect | not as a direct effect or consequence.; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage" |
| ~ secondary | being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate.; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams" |
| go through | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| ~ experience, know, live | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations.; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" |
| ~ undergo | pass through.; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation" |
| ~ suffer, endure | undergo or be subjected to.; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" |
| ~ suffer, meet | undergo or suffer.; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" |
| ~ feel | undergo passive experience of:.; "We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her" |
| ~ enjoy | have for one's benefit.; "The industry enjoyed a boom" |
| ~ witness, see, find | perceive or be contemporaneous with.; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" |
| ~ come | experience orgasm.; "she could not come because she was too upset" |
| v. (consumption) | 2. go through, run through, work through | apply thoroughly; think through.; "We worked through an example" |
| ~ whip through | go through very fast.; "We whipped through the last papers that we had to read before the weekend" |
| ~ work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
| v. (motion) | 3. go across, go through, pass | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ break through, crack | pass through (a barrier).; "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county" |
| ~ squeak through, squeak by | escape.; "She squeaked by me" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ transit | pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place).; "The comet will transit on September 11" |
| ~ cross, cut across, cut through, get over, traverse, get across, pass over, track, cover | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| ~ pass through, infiltrate | pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict. |
| ~ run | cover by running; run a certain distance.; "She ran 10 miles that day" |
| ~ move through, pass across, pass through, transit, pass over | make a passage or journey from one place to another.; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;"; "Some travelers pass through the desert" |
| ~ cut | pass directly and often in haste.; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner" |
| ~ crash | move violently as through a barrier.; "The terrorists crashed the gate" |
| ~ muscle | make one's way by force.; "He muscled his way into the office" |
| ~ overstep, transgress, trespass | pass beyond (limits or boundaries). |
| ~ negotiate, negociate | succeed in passing through, around, or over.; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" |
| ~ lock | pass by means through a lock in a waterway. |
| ~ work, make | proceed along a path.; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| ~ cycle | pass through a cycle.; "This machine automatically cycles" |
| ~ blunder, fumble | make one's way clumsily or blindly.; "He fumbled towards the door" |
| v. (consumption) | 4. consume, devour, down, go through | eat immoderately.; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| v. (change) | 5. carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, go through, implement, put through | pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue.; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" |
| ~ complete, finish | come or bring to a finish or an end.; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" |
| ~ adhere | follow through or carry out a plan without deviation.; "They adhered to their plan" |
| ~ accomplish, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, action, execute | put in effect.; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" |
| proceed | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. carry on, continue, go on, proceed | continue talking.; "I know it's hard,"; "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" |
| ~ segue | proceed without interruption; in music or talk.; "He segued into another discourse" |
| ~ talk, speak | exchange thoughts; talk with.; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" |
| ~ jog, ramble, ramble on | continue talking or writing in a desultory manner.; "This novel rambles on and jogs" |
| v. (motion) | 2. continue, go forward, proceed | move ahead; travel onward in time or space.; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ head | to go or travel towards.; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" |
| ~ trace | make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along.; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture" |
| ~ roar | act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way.; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town" |
| ~ limp | proceed slowly or with difficulty.; "the boat limped into the harbor" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| ~ preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" |
| v. (social) | 3. go, move, proceed | follow a procedure or take a course.; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity.; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" |
| ~ venture, embark | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers.; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | proceed with great force.; "The new teacher tends to steamroller" |
| v. (change) | 4. go, proceed | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ drag on, drag out, drag | proceed for an extended period of time.; "The speech dragged on for two hours" |
| ~ fare, get along, do, make out, come | proceed or get along.; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" |
| v. (stative) | 5. continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed | continue a certain state, condition, or activity.; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last.; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" |
| ~ hold | remain in a certain state, position, or condition.; "The weather held"; "They held on the road and kept marching" |
| ~ keep going, run on | continue uninterrupted.; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M." |
| ~ ride | continue undisturbed and without interference.; "Let it ride" |
| ~ continue | continue after an interruption.; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" |
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