indicate
/ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.35 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
Transitive verb
verb
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Near-synonym: suggest"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *deyḱ-
Usage
Inflected Forms
indicates (present, singular)
indicating (participle, present)
indicated (participle, past)
indicated (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
indicated (first person, past)
indicatest (archaic, present)
indicated (past, second person)
indicatedst (archaic, past)
indicateth (archaic, present)
indicated (past, singular)