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Definition of indirect speech in English:

indirect speech

Pronunciation /ˈˌindəˈˌrekt ˈspēCH/ /ˈˌɪndəˈˌrɛkt ˈspitʃ/

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noun

another term for reported speech
‘Today, they slyly tried to report indirect speech as direct speech.’
  • ‘It is not used in indirect speech, because a reported question is part of a statement: I asked you whether you wanted more to eat.’
  • ‘Their problem is to understand when people talk in indirect speech and use irony, idioms and metaphors because they take each sentence literally.’
  • ‘Searle generally categorizes such examples as indirect speech, whereas Habermas does not count them as communicative action.’
  • ‘There was a lot of indirect speech, and long passages of dense prose.’