indicate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: 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.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: indicates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: indicating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: indicated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: indicated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: indicate
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: indicate
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: indicated
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: indicate
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: indicatest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: indicated
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: indicatedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: indicates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: indicateth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: indicated
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: indicate
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: indicated
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: indicate
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: indicated
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: indicate
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: indicating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: indicated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
pos: verb
tags: sometimes
transitive
examples: The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.
With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
The willingness of the principals to forgo further argument as the triviality which it in fact is and to petition directly the chambers of the historical absolute clearly indicates of how little moment are the opinions and of what great moment the divergences thereof.
Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
gloss: To show or manifest by symptoms.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.
gloss: To point to as the proper remedies.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It was strange to buy things I used to consider luxuries but were now medically indicated, like air conditioning and well-made shoes.
gloss: To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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,[…].
I found it fully as easy to indicate an engine at a speed of 320 to 340 revolutions as at 80.
An indicator will give the working of these valves at all times and soon return its cost in higher engine efficiency. The day has passed when it was only the expert who could indicate an engine or afford to own an indicator.
Related words: index
indication
indicative
indicator
indicatrix
Derived words: contraindicate
counterindicate
indicable
indicatable
indicatory
nonindicated
preindicate
subindicate
unindicated
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