Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indication

/ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: in-di-ca-tion
IPA: /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of pointing out or indicating.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A mark or another symbol used to represent something.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A discovery made; information.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An explanation; a display.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

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).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There's no indication that the fire was caused by criminals."
"All the indications point to drink-driving as the cause of the accident."
"The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness."
"Her shrewd eye, accustomed to note the slightest indications, had already marked their likeness to each other, and that ease of affection which belongs to habit and relationship."
"We turn briefly to ME /ɛː/ and /ɔː/. There is little or no indication of change for most of the sixteenth century; Bellot’s ME /ɛː/ has ‘the mouth halfe open’, which does not suggest anything closer than [ɛː], other French and German writers give similar descriptions."
"For the indication either proceeds from one experiment to another; or else from experiments to axioms; which axioms themselves suggest new experiments."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: *deyḱ-, indication, indicātiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

indications (plural)

Derived Forms

bioindication coindication contraindication counterindication indicational paleoindication subindication

Phrases

geographical indication signal indication

Frequently Paired Words

index indicate indicator indicative

Synonyms

symptom evidence tip-off mark token sign demonstration proof signal patteran

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce indication?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/.
What does indication mean?: An act of pointing out or indicating.
Where does indication come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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