indication

English

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; confer French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

indication ‎(plural indications)

1. Act of pointing out or indicating.
2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.

   The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. Joseph Addison.

3. Discovery made; information.
4. (obsolete) Explanation; display. Francis Bacon.
5. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
6. (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

Related terms

• index
• indicate
• indicator
• indicative

Translations

that which serves to indicate or point out

• French: indication (fr) f
• Hebrew: סימן (he) m ‎(simán), עות m ‎(ot)
• Latin: index c

• Maori: tūtohi, tūtohu
• Scottish Gaelic: fios m

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: aanwijzing f (2)

External links

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

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French

Etymology

indiquer +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

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Noun

indication f ‎(plural indications)

1. direction, instruction
2. indication, sign
3. indication, information
4. a hint

External links

• “indication” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).