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Definition of indicative adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

indicative

adjective
 
/ɪnˈdɪkətɪv/
 
/ɪnˈdɪkətɪv/
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  1. [not usually before noun] indicative (of something) (formal) showing or suggesting something
    • Their failure to act is indicative of their lack of interest.
    • The rise in unemployment is seen as indicative of a new economic recession.
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    • be
    • consider something
    • interpret something as
    • …
    adverb
    • strongly
    • (not) necessarily
    preposition
    • of
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  2. [only before noun] (grammar) stating a factTopics Languagec2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from French indicatif, -ive, from late Latin indicativus, from the verb indicare, from in- ‘towards’ + dicare ‘make known’.
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