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 (countable and uncountable, 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. (Can we date this quote by Joseph Addison?)

3. Discovery made; information.
4. (obsolete) Explanation; display. (Can we date this quote by 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

• Armenian: հայտանիշ (hy) (haytaniš)
• Bulgarian: указание (bg) n (ukazanie), показание (bg) n (pokazanie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指示 (zh) (zhǐshì)

• French: indication (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: σημεῖον n (sēmeîon)

• Hebrew: סימן‎ (he) m (simán), עות‎ (he) m (ot)
• Latin: index c
• Maori: tūtohi, tūtohu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: indikasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: indikasjon m

• Scottish Gaelic: fios m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: aanwijzing f (2)

Further reading

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

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French

Etymology

indiquer +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

indication f (plural indications)

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

Further reading

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