indicate.
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
Meaning & usage
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.
To show or manifest by symptoms.
Marked weakness unresponsive to dietary change and exercise may indicate an underlying neurologic or metabolic problem.
To point to as the proper remedies.
This type of arrhythmia indicates the use of a beta-blocker.
Amiodarone is not indicated in this type of arrhythmia.
To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin indicātus, perfect passive participle of indicō (“to point out, indicate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, to”) + dicō (“to declare, (originally) to point”). See also diction and index.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.