Indication

Noun

 * 1) Act of pointing out or indicating.
 * 2) 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. Joseph Addison.
 * 1) Discovery made; information.
 * 2)  Explanation; display. Francis Bacon.
 * 3)  Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
 * 4)  An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

Related terms

 * index
 * indicate
 * indicator
 * indicative

Adjectives for Indication
suspicious; surface; perceptible; powerful; vouchsafed; definite; convincing; genuine; obvious; smiling; picturesque; cold; peculiar; sufficient; unmistakable; syntactic; conjectural.

Verbs for Indication
a—; await—; derive — from; exaggerate—; follow—; forsake—; heed—; measure —; neglect—; note—; observe—; reduce—; respect—; —denotes; —enlightens; —hints; —implies; —misleads; —promises; —signifies.

Thesaurus
Christophany, Satanophany, adumbration, angelophany, appearance, augury, auspice, avatar, basis for belief, betokening, betokenment, body of evidence, broad hint, chain of evidence, clue, clues, cue, data, datum, degree, disclosure, dissemination, documentation, embodiment, epiphany, evidence, evincement, exhibit, expression, fact, facts, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foretoken, foretokening, forewarning, gentle hint, gesture, glimmer, glimmering, grounds, grounds for belief, hint, implication, incarnation, index, indicant, indications, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, item of evidence, kick, look, manifestation, mark, material grounds, materialization, measure, muniments, mute witness, nod, notion, nudge, omen, piece of evidence, pneumatophany, portent, prefiguration, preindication, premises, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presignifying, prognostic, prognostication, promise, prompt, proof, publication, reading, reason to believe, relevant fact, reminder, revelation, scent, shadow, sign, signal, significant, signs, soothsay, spoor, suggestion, suspicion, symptom, telltale, theophany, token, tokening, track, type, warning, whisper, wind, wink

Etymology
< indicatio: < indico:; see indicate; confer French indication:,  indicacion:,  indicazione:.

Translations

 * French: indication
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 * Dutch: aanwijzing (2)