Indicative Meaning
/ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjServing as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.
adjOf, or relating to the indicative mood.
Sentence Examples
A high forehead is indicative of great mental power.
In the second-person singular, the perfect active indicative of "laudare" is "laudavisti".
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The sudden drop in temperature is ____ of an approaching cold front from the north.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The survey results are ____ of a growing trend among teenagers to use less social media.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus. By surface analysis, indicate + -ive.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Although it may be convenient within the case study publication format to cover the topic of pseudopathology in the discussion of differential diagnosis, this is not indicative of how this stage of work slots into the diagnostic process in the laboratory."
— 2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 29:
"The fact that imperative forms were taken into English as indicatives suggests that the English speakers using the Hindustani verbs were most familiar (in some cases perhaps only familiar) with the imperative form."
— 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 253:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The sudden drop in temperature is ____ of an approaching cold front from the north.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The survey results are ____ of a growing trend among teenagers to use less social media.