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English noun: indication | |||
| 1. | indication (communication) something that serves to indicate or suggest | ||
| Samples | An indication of foul play. Indications of strain. Symptoms are the prime indicants of disease. | ||
| Synonyms | indicant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communication | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clue, evidence, forerunner, gesture, glimpse, harbinger, herald, hint, manifestation, mark, pointing out, precursor, predecessor, print, shadow, signalisation, signalization, smoke, symptom, tincture, trace, vestige | ||
| 2. | indication (communication) the act of indicating or pointing out by name | ||
| Synonyms | denotation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | naming | ||
| 3. | indication (communication) (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure | ||
| Samples | The presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reason | ||
| Domain category | medical specialty, medicine | ||
| Antonyms | contraindication | ||
| 4. | indication (communication) something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary | ||
| Samples | There were indications that it was time to leave. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advice | ||
| 5. | indication (cognition) a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument | ||
| Samples | He could not believe the meter reading. The barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm. | ||
| Synonyms | meter reading, reading | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | data point, datum | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clock time, miles per hour, mph, time | ||
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