indicate
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
Verb 4 meanings
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
“The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.”
To show or manifest by symptoms.
“Near-synonym: suggest”
To point to as the proper remedies.
“Near-synonym: warrant”
To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indicātus, perfect passive participle of indicō (“to point out, indicate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, to”) + dicō (“to declare, (originally) to point”). See also diction and index.
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INDICATE at a glance
INDICATE has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + D 2 + I 1 + C 3 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,875 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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