Indicative /(?)/

In·dic·a·tive

Indicative

a.
  1. Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.
    That truth is productive of utility, and utility indicative of truth, may be thus proved.
    — Bp. Warburton.
  2. Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc. (Fine Arts)

Phrases & Compounds

Indicative mood
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?

Indicative

n.
  1. The indicative mood. (Gram.)