Indicate

Quick meaning: Indicate is a verb meaning (transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

Meaning

(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, medicine) To show or manifest by symptoms.
2. (transitive, medicine) To point to as the proper remedies.
3. (transitive) To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
4. (transitive) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.

Example Sentences

The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.

Great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.

It was strange to buy things I used to consider luxuries but were now medically indicated, like air conditioning and well-made shoes.

To a person who is familiar with the use of an indicator, whether it be of one make or another, it is needless to give instructions as to how an engine should be indicated,[…].

Word Forms

• indicates
• indicating
• indicated
• indicatest
• indicatedst
• indicateth

Synonyms for indicate

Depending on context, synonyms include betoken, index, bespeak, show, point, suggest.

Antonyms for indicate

Common opposites include contraindicate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include betoken, bespeak, point, show, suggest, argue.

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