Indicative /(?)/
In·dic·a·tive
Indicative
a.
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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.
- 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.
- The indicative mood. (Gram.)