indicate
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indicate
- /ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin indicātus, perfect passive participle of indicō (“to point out, indicate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, to”) + dicō (“to declare, (originally) to point”). See also diction and index.
verb indicates · indicating · indicated · indicate
- To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.
- To show or manifest by symptoms. Near-synonym: suggest
- To point to as the proper remedies. Near-synonym: warrant
- To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
- To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator. 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,[…].
