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indicate
What does indicate mean?
indicate (verb): to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use indicate in a sentence?
- The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce indicate?
/ˈɪndəˌkeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does indicate come from?
Borrowed from Latin indicātus, perfect passive participle of indicō (“to point out, indicate”), from in- (“in, to”) + dicō (“to declare, (originally) to point”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of indicate?
Words related to indicate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “indicate” mean?
to prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation
Not quite: that's what ban means.
to squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate
Not quite: that's what waste means.
to arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc
Not quite: that's what judge means.
to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known
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Which word is closest in meaning to “indicate”?
point
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happen
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