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indicate

Dictionary definition · indicate

verb

  1. be a signal for or a symptom of"These symptoms indicate a serious illness"
  2. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively"I showed the customer the glove section"
  3. to state or express briefly"indicated his wishes in a letter"
  4. give evidence of"The evidence argues for your claim"
  5. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine"Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).