Indication Meaning
/ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn act of pointing out or indicating.
nounA fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
Sentence Examples
Her slurred speech was an indication that she was drunk.
Willingness to correct is an indication of wisdom.
They gave no indication of how the work should be done.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The dark clouds gave a clear ____ that a storm was approaching quickly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The sudden drop in temperature was a clear ____ that a winter storm was soon approaching.
Word Origin & History
From Old French indication, from Latin indicātiō (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; compare French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione. By surface analysis, indicate + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness."
— September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156
"Her shrewd eye, accustomed to note the slightest indications, had already marked their likeness to each other, and that ease of affection which belongs to habit and relationship."
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 274:
"We turn briefly to ME /ɛː/ and /ɔː/. There is little or no indication of change for most of the sixteenth century; Bellot’s ME /ɛː/ has ‘the mouth halfe open’, which does not suggest anything closer than [ɛː], other French and German writers give similar descriptions."
— 1999, Roger Lass, “Phonology and morphology”, in The Cambridge History of the English Language, volume III, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:
"For the indication either proceeds from one experiment to another; or else from experiments to axioms; which axioms themselves suggest new experiments."
— 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: Or a Natural History, in Ten Centuries:
"The committee, unknown to the workmen, also followed the next or succeeding mash, which was better made, and obtained the following results: First indication of the saccharometer .. 7⅘ degrees. Last indication of the saccharometer ... 1"
— 1870, USA House of Representatives, House Documents - Volume 12; Volume 265, page 124:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dark clouds gave a clear ____ that a storm was approaching quickly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The sudden drop in temperature was a clear ____ that a winter storm was soon approaching.