indication
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indication
- /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Old French indication, from Latin indicātiō (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; compare French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione. By surface analysis, indicate + -ion.
noun indications
- An act of pointing out or indicating.
- A fact that shows that something exists or may happen. There's no indication that the fire was caused by criminals.
- A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
- A discovery made; information.
- An explanation; a display. For the indication either proceeds from one experiment to another; or else from experiments to axioms; which axioms themselves suggest new experiments.
- 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). Influenza and suspected influenza are FDA-approved indications for oseltamivir.
- A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
Similar: demonstration, evidence, mark, proof, sign, signal, token, patteran
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: indicating, indicia, indicative, indicate, indicator, specify, designation, mention, information, designator, explanation, identify, identification, presentation, manifestation, comment
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noun a fact that shows that something exists or may happen
| Español | indicación |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 指示 zhǐshì |
| Français | indication |
| Deutsch | Indiz |
| Italiano | indicazione |
| Română | indiciu |
| Русский | указание ukazanije |
| עברית | סימן simán, עות ot |
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title = {indication},
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