indicate

Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt/

The English word “indicate” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
To show or manifest by symptoms.
To point to as the proper remedies.
To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.

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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