indicate

English

Etymology

From Latin indicatus, past participle of indicāre (“to point out, indicate”), from in (“in, to”) + dicāre (“to declare, originally to point”); see diction. Compare index.

Pronunciation

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Verb

indicate (third-person singular simple present indicates, present participle indicating, simple past and past participle indicated)

1. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
2. To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies

   Great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.

3. To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left
4. To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
   • 1903, "How to indicate an engine" in The Star Improved Steam Engine Indicator, page 64:

     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, [...]

   • 1905, Power, volume 25, page 448

     I found it fully as easy to indicate an engine at a speed of 320 to 340 revolutions as at 80.

   • 1905, Central station, volume 5, page 76

     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.

Synonyms

• betoken

Related terms

• index
• indication
• indicative
• indicator

Translations

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

• Arabic: دَلَّ على (ar) (dálla ʿalā), رَمَزَ إلى (ar) (rámaza ʾílā), ذَكَرَ (ar) (ḏákara)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表明 (cmn) (biǎomíng), 表示 (cmn) (biǎoshì)

• Dutch: aanwijzen (nl), aanduiden (nl), wijzen op (nl)
• Esperanto: montri (eo)
• Finnish: osoittaa (fi), näyttää (fi), ilmaista (fi)
• French: indiquer (fr)

• German: anzeigen (de), anweisen (de)
• Greek: δείχνω (el) (deíchno)
• Japanese: 示す (ja) (しめす, shimesu), 指す (ja) (さす, sasu), 指摘する (ja) (してきする, shiteki-suru), 表示する (ja) (ひょうじする, hyōji-suru)
• Russian: указывать (ru) (ukázyvatʹ) impf., указать (ru) (ukazátʹ) pf.
• Spanish: indicar (es)
• Telugu: తెలియచేయు (te) (teliyachEyu), తెలుపు (te) (telupu)
• Turkish: belirtmek (tr), göstermek (tr), işâret etmek (tr)

to show or manifest by symptoms

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: wijzen op (nl), aangeven (nl)

• Esperanto: indiki (eo)
• Finnish: olla merkkinä, viitata (fi), indikoida (fi)
• German: anzeigen, andeuten, auf etwas deuten

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: aangeven (nl)

• Finnish: vilkuttaa (fi)
• German: den Blinker setzen, blinken
• Spanish: señalizar (es) (Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador)

to investigate the condition or power of

• Finnish: näyttää (fi), ilmaista (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: indikar

External links

• indicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• indicate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• actinide
• dianetic

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Italian

Adjective

indicate f pl

1. feminine plural of indicato

Verb

indicate

1. second-person plural present tense of indicare
2. second-person plural imperative of indicare
3. feminine plural past participle of indicare

Anagrams

• identica

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Latin

Participle

indicāte

1. vocative masculine singular of indicātus

Verb

indicāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of indicō
   1. "indicate ye, point ye out"
   2. "mention ye, give ye a hint of"
   3. "value ye, put ye a price on"
   4. "reveal ye, betray ye"
   5. "accuse ye"
   6. (law) "carry ye on a judicial process to conviction"