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indicative
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact [syn: indicative mood , declarative mood , declarative , common mood , fact mood ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indicative \In*dic"a*tive\, n. (Gram.) The indicative mood.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Old French indicatif (14c.), from Late Latin indicativus , from indicat- , past participle stem of Latin indicare (see indication ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something 2 (context grammar English) of, or relating to the indicative mood n. (context grammar English) the indicative mood
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Fire is an example of rapid oxidation, while rust is indicative of slow oxidation. ▪ It is an indicative conditional, a conditional in the indicative mood. ▪ It was indicative of Franco's childishly egocentric view of politics ...
Usage examples of indicative.
The moke was rigged all ataunto for the occasion, and made a picture indicative of great physical strength, one not to be ashamed of, but he would have looked more like me, I must say, if they had turned him back to.
By degrees, as she watched, Domini became aware of many things indicative of life, and of many lives in the tremendous expanse that at first had seemed empty of all save sun and mystery.
Reports indicate that he has background in Santeria and has a small tattoo of an angel, indicative of Santeria and Marielitos sympathies on the web of his right thumb.
All these patterns had been verified in the laboratory through microscopic analysis, the markings clearly indicative of a culture that perceived the notion of time itself as a nonrandom process that enabled humans to reckon their acts and conduct their lives against a fairly predictable setting of climate, geography and celestial event.
But the President and I and you, now, know that she was not, thanks to her private journalwhich affectation is, in itself, indicative of her hidden, weak, romantic, nonscientific, nonprofessional, very un-military side.
The computer-generated colors were indicative of incident sunlight absorbed by the satellite and reradiated, and of heat generated and emitted by internal operations.
The use of bioreactors, neuroengines, and biological weapons is indicative of a species that places great importance on organic rather than artificial innovation.
The lively countenances of these people are wonderfully indicative of the emotions of the soul, and the imperfections of their oral language are more than compensated for by the nervous eloquence of their looks and gestures.
The red cell count was unsatisfactory and the white cell count was strongly indicative of leukaemia--not, it was thought, an acute type, which meant that with proper care and medication Lady Cres swell might live for a number of years yet.
Its manoeuvres were so clearly indicative of failure, that Sally and I soon lost interest and went to sit in the shade of the dining tent.
The silence that supervenes is indicative of the solitary character of the enjoyment.
She added a gesture indicative of second-degree animosity underscored by third-level admiration.
With Indians all 'round them, the Warpath a-tremble with murd'rous Hopes, its emptiness feeling more and more unnatural as the hours tick on, into the End of Day, as the latent Blades of Warriors press more closely upon the Membrane that divides their Subjunctive World from our number'd and dreamless Indicative, Apprehension rising, Axmen deserting, the ghosts of '55 growing, hourly, more sensible and sovereign, as unaveng'd Fires foul the Dusk, unanswer'd mortal Cries travel the Forests at the speed of Wind.
Quilp accompanied this admission with such an awful wink, indicative of old rovings and backslidings, that Mrs.
The smalle beastes let he go beside: a charming touch, indicative of the noble and generous inspiration of his love.