Definition of indicate

verb (v)

• be a signal for or a symptom of (verb.communication)

  Synonym: bespeak, betoken, point, signal
  

  Example:
  These symptoms indicate a serious illness.
  

  source: wordnet30
• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively (verb.communication)

  Synonym: designate, point, show
  

  Example:
  He indicated his opponents.
  

  source: wordnet30
• to state or express briefly (verb.communication)

  Antonym: contraindicate, contraindicate
  

  Example:
  Indicated his wishes in a letter.
  

  source: wordnet30
• give evidence of (verb.communication)

  Synonym: argue
  

  Example:
  The results indicate the need for more work.
  

  source: wordnet30
• suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine (verb.communication)

  Synonym: suggest
  

  Example:
  Tetracycline is indicated in such cases.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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