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indication

  • noun
  • /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/

An act of pointing out or indicating.

Other meanings

  1. A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.

    “There's no indication that the fire was caused by criminals.”

  2. A discovery made; information.

Related words

  • bioindication
  • coindication
  • contraindication
  • paleoindication
  • subindication
  • counterindication
  • geographical indication
  • indicational
  • signal indication

Word history

From Latin "indicātiō" (a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “indication” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.