indicative
[adjective]
Synonyms: suggestive, pointing to, significant, symptomatic

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Related Words: characteristic, demonstrative, evidential, evincive, expressive, suggestive, symbolic, symptomatic, testatory

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I. in‧dic‧a‧tive¹ AC /ɪnˈdɪkətɪv/ noun [uncountable and countable] technical
the form of a verb that is used to make statements. For example, in the sentences ‘Penny passed her test,’ and ‘Michael likes cake,’ the verbs ‘passed’ and ‘likes’ are in the indicative.

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II. indicative² AC adjective
[Word Family: noun: indication, indicator; verb: indicate; adjective: indicative]

1. be indicative of something to be a clear sign that a particular situation exists or that something is likely to be true:
This behaviour is indicative of her whole attitude, I’m afraid.

2. technical an indicative verb form is used for making statements

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

indicative
adj.
VERBS be | consider sth, interpret sth as, regard sth as, see sth as, take sth as The rise in unemployment is seen as indicative of a new economic recession.
ADV. clearly | (not) necessarily Recurrent dreams are not necessarily indicative of psychological problems.
PREP. of

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