"indirect question" meaning in English

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      "form": "indirect questions",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A question asked in an indirect way; either as a statement, for example I'd like to know how much I would earn; or enclosed in another question, for example Could you tell me how much I would earn?"
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A question asked in an indirect way; either as a statement, for example I'd like to know how much I would earn; or enclosed in another question, for example Could you tell me how much I would earn?"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "indirect speech"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "epäsuora kysymyslause"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "interrogative indirecte"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "indirekte Frage"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "not used in Polish",
          "sense": "Translations"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "indirect question"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "indirect speech"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "A question asked in an indirect way; either as a statement, for example I'd like to know how much I would earn; or enclosed in another question, for example Could you tell me how much I would earn?"
      ],
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        [
          "grammar",
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        "(grammar) A question asked in an indirect way; either as a statement, for example I'd like to know how much I would earn; or enclosed in another question, for example Could you tell me how much I would earn?"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "epäsuora kysymyslause"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "interrogative indirecte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indirekte Frage"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "not used in Polish",
      "sense": "Translations"
    }
  ],
  "word": "indirect question"
}