indirect question
noun [C] specializedDefinition
› a question that is reported to other people in speech or writing, rather than the exact words of the original question, for example 'He asked me what was wrong.'Question words and expressionsGrammatical terms
(Definition of indirect question noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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