Dictionary Entry
indicate
indicate is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
- 2transitive verb
To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.
- 3transitive verb
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
- 4verb
give evidence of
"The evidence argues for your claim"
"The results indicate the need for more work"
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- 5verb
be a signal for or a symptom of
"These symptoms indicate a serious illness"
"Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"
- 6verb
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
"I showed the customer the glove section"
"He pointed to the empty parking space"
- 7verb
to state or express briefly
"indicated his wishes in a letter"
- 8verb
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
"Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"
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