indirect speechnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɪn.daɪ.rekt ˈspiːtʃ/us/ˌɪn.daɪ.rekt ˈspiːtʃ/specialized UK also reported speech, US also indirect discoursethe act of reporting something that was said, but not using exactly the same words
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