(also indirect speech) noun
[U] (grammar) a report of what sb has said that does not use their exact words:
In reported speech, 'I'll come later' becomes 'He said he'd come later'.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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