indication
Meanings
Plural: indications
Noun
- something that serves to indicate or suggest
- "an indication of foul play"
- "indications of strain"
- the act of indicating or pointing out by name
- (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
- "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"
- something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary
- "there were indications that it was time to leave"
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"
- An act of pointing out or indicating.
- A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
- A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
- A discovery made; information.
- An explanation; a display.
- Any symptom or occurrence in a disease that serves to direct to suitable remedies; the problem that warrants and prompts the use of a diagnostic test, imaging mode, or treatment (e.g., medication, surgical procedure).
- A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French indication, from Latin indicātiō (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; compare French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione. By surface analysis, indicate + -ion.
Synonyms
demonstration, denotation, evidence, indicant, mark, meter reading, patteran, proof, reading, sign, signal, symptom, token
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
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