[syn: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Indicative \In*dic"a*tive\, a. [L. indicativus: cf. F.
indicatif.]
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1. Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or
knowledge of something not visible or obvious.
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That truth is productive of utility, and utility
indicative of truth, may be thus proved. --Bp.
Warburton.
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2. (Fine Arts) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part,
as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.
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Indicative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of the verb
which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies
or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the
mail arrived?
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Indicative \In*dic"a*tive\, n. (Gram.)
The indicative mood.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
indicative
adj 1: relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in
declarative statements; "indicative mood" [syn:
indicative, declarative]
2: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly;
"actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative,
indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive]
n 1: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or
state as an objective fact [syn: indicative mood,
indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common
mood, fact mood]