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indication

/ indication /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary
"there were indications that it was time to leave"
Type of:
advice
Derived:
indicate suggest argue
noun Sense 2
something that serves to indicate or suggest
"an indication of foul play"
"indications of strain"
"symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
Type of:
communication
Kinds of:
gesture evidence trace vestige tincture
Derived:
argue indicate bespeak betoken point
noun Sense 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"
Opposites:
contraindication
Type of:
reason
Derived:
indicate suggest bespeak betoken point
Domain:
medicine medical specialty
noun Sense 4
the act of indicating or pointing out by name
Type of:
naming
Derived:
denote indicate point show
noun Sense 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"
Type of:
datum data point
Kinds of:
clock time time miles per hour mph
Derived:
argue indicate read register show
Semantic Complexity
72%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
38
Times Searched
1
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advice communication gesture evidence trace vestige tincture reason contraindication naming datum data point