indicate

English

Etymology

From Latin indicatus, past participle of indicare (“to point out, indicate”), from in (“in, to”) + dicare (“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.

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), رَمَزَ ( إلى ) (ar), ذَكَرَ (ar) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: aanwijzen (nl), aanduiden (nl), wijzen op (nl) Esperanto: montri (eo)

Finnish: osoittaa (fi), näyttää (fi) French: indiquer (fr) German: anzeigen (de) 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

to investigate the condition or power of

Finnish: näyttää (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 pl.

1. feminine form 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"