indicative
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indicative
- /ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus. By surface analysis, indicate + -ive.
adjective more indicative · most indicative · ind.
- Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something. He had pains indicative of a heart attack.
- Of, or relating to the indicative mood.
noun indicatives · ind.
- The indicative mood.
- A term in the indicative mood. The fact that imperative forms were taken into English as indicatives suggests that the English speakers using the Hindustani verbs were most familiar (in some cases perhaps only familiar) with the imperative form.
