Indicate
['ɪndɪkeɪt] or ['ɪndɪket]
Definition
(verb.) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; 'I showed the customer the glove section'; 'He pointed to the empty parking space'; 'he indicated his opponents'.
(verb.) to state or express briefly; 'indicated his wishes in a letter'.
(verb.) suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; 'Tetracycline is indicated in such cases'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
(v. t.) To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.
(v. t.) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
Editor: Omar
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Show, denote, betoken, mark, designate, signify, point out, shadow forth, be the sign of.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Show, evidence, betray, evince, manifest, declare, specify, denote, point_out,betoken, designate, mark
ANT:Conceal, contradict, negative, misindicate, misdirect, falsify
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Definition
v.t. to point out: to show: to give as a ground for inferring.—adj. In′dicant indicating.—n. that which indicates.—n. Indicā′tion act of indicating: mark: token: symptom.—adj. Indic′ative pointing out: giving intimation of: (gram.) applied to the mood of the verb which affirms or denies.—adv. Indic′atively.—n. In′dicātor one who indicates: an instrument on a steam-engine to show the pressure.—adj. In′dicātory showing.
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Examples
- It was over Sir Pitt Crawley's house; but it did not indicate the worthy baronet's demise. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The arrows indicate the direction of flow. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the position of parts in the two figures the horizontal line, on which the foreign object lies, would be determined, but it would not indicate how deep in the object was, _i. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is possible that I may be in a position then to indicate some course of action. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But the method was a good starting-point, even if it did not indicate the real path. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Diametrically opposite to the chalk mark a small hole is punched into the ball to indicate the weightiest point. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gauge cocks to indicate the height of water, and a safety valve to regulate the pressure of steam, were employed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Sure enough, as indicated by the change of commanders, the enemy was about to assume the offensive. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The outer case of the instrument, which is a flat cylinder made of sheet iron, is indicated by the letters _c_, _c_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- No, he said coolly: when you have indicated to us the residence of your friends, we can write to them, and you may be restored to home. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It will probably be the 5th of October before any of the plans herein indicated will be executed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I believe that the engine driving the four Z generators at the power-house indicated as high as seventy horse-power at the time the locomotive was actually in service. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Holmes turned to the page indicated. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Again, a minute bit of bark has been upturned by the scraping hand, and the direction of the break indicates the direction of the passage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But this fact only indicates the need of persistent care to see to it that the function of intelligence is invoked to its maximum possibility. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When the steam pressure varies in this flat tube its coil expands or contracts, and in moving the index hand over the scale indicates the degree of pressure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The other method is by using a device that indicates the wave length. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Your very silence indicates your race. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Put the other way around, a response is not just a re-action, a protest, as it were, against being disturbed; it is, as the word indicates, an answer. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The number of a wire indicates its diameter; number 30, for example, being always of a definite fixed diameter, no matter what the material of the wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Only very slowly did the human mind develop methods of indicating action and relationship in a formal manner. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are divided into classes by names indicating their purpose and mode of operation, such as single, double-acting, lift or force, reciprocating or rotary, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- With which commentary on human life, indicating an experience of it not exclusively his own, he made the best of his way to the end of his journey. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A device for continuously indicating on a galvanometer the depths of the ocean. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They came with broad smiles on their faces, indicating intense joy, to ask what I was going to do now without anything for my soldiers to eat. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You must ask our friend opposite about that,' said the host knowingly, indicating the clergyman by a nod of his head. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Each burner is operated by an indicating snap switch which has three separate heats, full, medium and low; medium being one-half of full and low one-half of medium. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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