Indication

Quick meaning: Indication is a noun meaning An act of pointing out or indicating.

Meaning

An act of pointing out or indicating.

More Meanings

1. A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
2. A discovery made; information.
3. (finance) A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
4. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease that serves to direct to suitable remedies; the problem that warrants and prompts the use of a diagnostic test, imaging mode, or treatment (e.g., medication, surgical procedure).
5. (rare) A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
6. (obsolete) An explanation; a display.

Example Sentences

There's no indication that the fire was caused by criminals.

All the indications point to drink-driving as the cause of the accident.

The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness.

For the indication either proceeds from one experiment to another; or else from experiments to axioms; which axioms themselves suggest new experiments.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for indication

Depending on context, synonyms include demonstration, evidence, mark, proof, sign, signal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include indicating, indicia, indicative, indicate, indicator, specify.

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