indirect speech - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

indirect speech

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
indirect speech

▶noun another term for reported speech.

'indirect speech' also found in these Oxford entries:

Forum discussions with the word(s) "indirect speech" in the title:

'bring' and 'take' in indirect speech
"If you saw my father ...," said she [as indirect speech]
"to mind" in indirect speech
"used to" in indirect speech
A doubt on indirect speech
An Indirect Speech Question ?
Conditional sentences in indirect speech
Counter-Fact Sentence in Undirect [Indirect] Speech
Direct and indirect speech
direct speech into indirect speech
direct speech vs indirect speech
Direct vs Indirect speech
direct/indirect speech
fusion of direct and indirect speech
How will <be> this sentence <?> in the indirect speech <?>? [position of 'be'?]
I'd rather in indirect speech
Indirect speech
Indirect Speech
indirect speech
indirect speech
Indirect speech
Indirect speech
indirect speech
Indirect speech
Indirect speech
Indirect speech
Indirect Speech - Grammar
Indirect speech (tense in reported questions)
indirect speech + verb3
indirect speech-past progressive?
more...

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "indirect speech" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "indirect speech" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.