indicate

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(verb.)

ADV

clearly

not necessarily

A high salary does not necessarily indicate how much someone actually enjoys their job.

VERB + INDICATE

appear to, seem to

The data appears to indicate that more people are working from home than ever before.

be used to

The red light is used to indicate when the machine is not working properly.

PREP

to

The warning signs on the map indicated to us that we were going the wrong way.

Definitions

verb

1

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

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.

2

To show or manifest by symptoms.

Great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.

3

To point to as the proper remedies.

It was strange to buy things I used to consider luxuries but were now medically indicated, like air conditioning and well-made shoes.

4

To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.

5

To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — give evidence of

argue

verb — be a signal for or a symptom of

verb — indicate a place, direction, person, or thing

Antonyms

contraindicate

Idioms & Phrases

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The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.

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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 h

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03

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

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Please, can you indicate this to me on the map?

Tatoeba · #2232

05

They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.

Tatoeba · #18761

06

Please indicate what action you will take.

Tatoeba · #20168

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