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US
/ˌɪnˈdɪkətɪv/
]
[ UK /ɪndˈɪkətˌɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɪndˈɪkətˌɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly
actions indicative of fear -
relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
indicative mood
NOUN
- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
How To Use indicative In A Sentence
- B.C. 117) is already indicative of the "fossilization" of Chinese writing, Huan K'uan at least in his liberal use of the binome retained touch with the spoken language. Discourses On Salt and Iron
- Is a large head indicative of high intelligence?
- But, James, isn't the title indicative of "right" interpretation according to monotheistic understanding in opposition to Trinitarian understanding? and human moral development? Gratitude Mingled with Theological Concern
- The Man has a confident swagger - is that indicative of where you are right now? The Sun
- The above rentals are only indicative and subject to review quarterly.
- The creeping fractures in both have been palliated by results in recent games, but the coming ones will determine whether those signs of life are indicative of temporary remission or permanent recovery.
- On the part of those on whom they operate, they are indicative either of improbity or intellectual weakness, or of a contempt for the understanding of those on whose minds they are indicative of intellectual weakness; and on the part of those in and by whom they are pretended to operate, they are indicative of improbity, viz., in the shape of insincerity. Fallacies of Anti-Reformers
- Luck compares _Met_ XIV 465 'admonitu quamquam luctus renouentur amari' and _Met_ XV 244-45 '_quae_ [_sc_ elementa] _quamquam_ spatio distent, tamen omnia fiunt/ex ipsis'; in the first passage a few manuscripts and in the second the majority offer the indicative. The Last Poems of Ovid
- Thus I think we now have a sensible solution to the reconstruction of the Old IE objective endings preceding the agglutination of “indicative” postclitic demonstrative *əi PIE *-i: The trouble with the PIE 1st & 2nd person plural endings (3)
- She said: 'To me they seem indicative of the times we live in. The Sun