indication
indication is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. Addison.
- 2.Discovery made; information. Bentley.
- 3.Explanation; display. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 4.(Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- answer
- antiphon
- antiphony
- augury
- auspice
- because
- bird
- candle
- cause
- clue
- conclusive
- counter
- determine
- discover
- discovery
- echo
- eureka
- explain
- explanation
- fathom
- for
- gathering
- give
- harbinger
- hunt
- ill
- ill-boding
- inquire
- interpret
- omen
- oracle
- out
- password
- portent
- precursor
- prefigurement
- presage
- prognostic
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is indication.
- What is that which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. Addison called?
- What is any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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