indicative
indicative
Definition
in·dica·tive (in dik′ə tiv)
adjective
- giving an indication, suggestion, or intimation; showing; signifying a look indicative of joy
- designating or of the mood of a verb used to identify an act, state, or occurrence as actual, or to ask a question of fact
Etymology: Fr indicatif < L indicativus
noun
- the indicative mood
- a verb in this mood
in·dic′a·tively adverb
indicative
Synonyms
indicative
modif.
indicative
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- trend: These characteristics are indicative of an important trend in religious life over the past decade.
- distress: I have attached a tiny sample of users' comments, indicative of the great distress that misinformed doctors seem to be causing.
- lack: Its not even indicative of a lack of support - for a first event having that many people turn up shows a massive interest.
- presence: Both may be indicative of the presence of disease or possible predisposition to disease later in life.
- failure: Treatment in men Elevated endogenous FSH levels are indicative of primary testicular failure.
- extent: The balance is indicative of the extent of the previous evasion of the Regulations.
Modifies a noun
- allocation: London's funding over the 2-year period has dropped by £ 52 million compared to the indicative regional allocations published in December 2004.
- costings: The design provides indicative costings for engineering works needed to raise and maintain high water levels on this drained farmland.
- bibliography: An outline of the intended essay, together with indicative bibliography will be submitted by the end of the Autumn Term.
- timeline: The table below gives further detail of the indicative timeline for this work.
- timetable: Indicative timetable Prospective contractors must submit detailed priced bids by 12pm on Friday 21st July 2006.
- reading: Indicative reading for the Masters Degree in Holistic Science can be found in the MSc section of the website.
Modifying Another Word
- broadly: Is broadly indicative play a role for workers without.
- perhaps: And, perhaps indicative of the Glazer regime, why was there so little movement at Old Trafford?
- necessarily: That they might do so in certain cases is not necessarily indicative of any racism on their part or that of their readers.
- purely: In other words, comparison of these rates may not be purely indicative of differences in receipt of care when sick.
- merely: The official cost to individuals of £ 93 per head is, we are told, " merely indicative " .
Used with adjective complement
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