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

• Audio (UK)

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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.
   • September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156

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

3. Discovery made; information.
4. (obsolete) Explanation; display. (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
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
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 f (taikns), 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 f (bandwa)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σημεῖον n (sēmeîon), τεκμήριον n (tekmḗrion)

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

  Bokmål: indikasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: indikasjon m

• Plautdietsch: Aundiedunk f
• Scottish Gaelic: fios m
• Spanish: indicación (es) f
• Tocharian B: ṣotri

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, The Century Co., New York, 1911.

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French

Etymology

From Latin indicātiō.

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

Related terms

• indiquer

Further reading

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