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noun

1. something that serves to indicate or suggest (Freq. 13)
- an indication of foul play
- indications of strain
- symptoms are the prime indicants of disease
• Syn:
indicant
• Derivationally related forms:
indicate (for: indicant), indicate
• Hypernyms:
communication
• Hyponyms:
gesture, evidence, trace, vestige, tincture,
shadow, symptom, signalization, signalisation, pointing out, manifestation,
mark, print, glimpse, harbinger, forerunner, predecessor,
herald, precursor, hint, clue, smoke
2. the act of indicating or pointing out by name
• Syn:
denotation
• Derivationally related forms:
denote (for: denotation), indicate
• Hypernyms:
naming
3. (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
- the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics
• Ant:
contraindication
• Derivationally related forms:
indicate
• Topics:
medicine, medical specialty
• Hypernyms:
reason
4. something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary
- there were indications that it was time to leave
• Derivationally related forms:
indicate
• Hypernyms:
advice
5. a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- he could not believe the meter reading
- the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm
• Syn:
reading, meter reading
• Derivationally related forms:
indicate, read (for: reading)
• Hypernyms:
datum, data point
• Hyponyms:
clock time, time, miles per hour, mph