indicate

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 48.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb 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.

2. verb To show or manifest by symptoms.

   Marked weakness unresponsive to dietary change and exercise may indicate an underlying neurologic or metabolic problem.

3. verb To point to as the proper remedies.

   This type of arrhythmia indicates the use of a beta-blocker.

4. verb To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
5. verb To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.

Similar words

betoken bespeak point show suggest argue signal indication indicator indicative

Often followed by

that the a an how whether what to their

Word family

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