indirect discourse

in·di·rect dis·course

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [in-duh-rekt, -dahy- noun dis-kawrs, -kohrs, dis-kawrs, -kohrs]
- /ˌɪn dəˈrɛkt, -daɪ- noun ˈdɪs kɔrs, -koʊrs, dɪsˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [in-duh-rekt, -dahy- noun dis-kawrs, -kohrs, dis-kawrs, -kohrs]
- /ˌɪn dəˈrɛkt, -daɪ- noun ˈdɪs kɔrs, -koʊrs, dɪsˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs/

Definitions of indirect discourse words

noun indirect discourse discourse consisting not of an exact quotation of a speaker's words but of a version transformed from them for grammatical inclusion in a larger sentence. He said he was hungry is an example of indirect discourse. 1
uncountable noun indirect discourse Indirect discourse is the same as indirect speech. 0
noun indirect discourse statement of what a person said, without quoting the exact words (Ex.: She said that she could not go.) 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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