English Explanatory Dictionary

indicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
To show or manifest by symptoms.
To point to as the proper remedies.
To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt/ En-us-indicate.ogg

Word forms

indicate indicates indicating indicated no-table-tags glossary indicatest indicatedst indicateth

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.

Synonyms

Related words

index indication indicative indicator indicatrix

Derived words

contraindicate counterindicate indicable indicatable indicatory nonindicated preindicate subindicate unindicated

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