Definitions for indication
ˌɪn dɪˈkeɪ ʃənin·di·ca·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indication, indicantnoun

   something that serves to indicate or suggest

   "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"

2. indication, denotationnoun

   the act of indicating or pointing out by name

3. indicationnoun

   (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure

   "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"

4. indicationnoun

   something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary

   "there were indications that it was time to leave"

5. reading, meter reading, indicationnoun

   a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

   "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indicationnoun

   Act of pointing out or indicating.

2. indicationnoun

   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.

3. indicationnoun

   Discovery made; information.

4. indicationnoun

   Explanation; display. Francis Bacon.

5. indicationnoun

   Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.

6. indicationnoun

   An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

7. Etymology: From indicatio, from indico; see indicate; confer French indication, indicación, indicazione.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indicationnoun

   Etymology: indication, Fr. indicatio, from indico, Lat.

   1. Mark; token; sign; note; symptom.

   The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places, are a plain indication of their weariness. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

   We think that our successes are a plain indication of the divine favour towards us. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   2. [In physick.]Indication is of four kinds: vital, preservative, curative, and palliative, as it directs what is to be done to continue life, cutting off the cause of an approaching distemper, curing it whilst it is actually present, or lessening its effects, or taking off some of its symptoms before it can be wholly removed. John Quincy

   These be the things that govern nature principally, and without which you cannot make any true analysis, and indication of the proceedings of nature. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   The depravation of the instruments of mastication is a natural indication of a liquid diet. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   3. Discovery made; intelligence given.

   If a person, that had a fair estate in reversion, should be assured by some skilful physician, that he would inevitably fall into a disease that would totally deprive him of his understanding and memory; if, I say, upon a certain belief of this indication, the man should appear overjoyed at the news, would not all that saw him conclude that the distemper had seized him? Richard Bentley, Sermons.

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1. indication

   Indication is a sign, symptom, or piece of information that suggests or points out a certain condition, treatment, or direction. It could also refer to a situation or condition that makes a particular action appropriate or necessary.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indicationnoun

   act of pointing out or indicating

2. Indicationnoun

   that which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence

3. Indicationnoun

   discovery made; information

4. Indicationnoun

   explanation; display

5. Indicationnoun

   any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Indication

   In medicine, an indication is a valid reason to use a certain test, medication, procedure, or surgery. The opposite of indication is contraindication.

Matched Categories

1. • Advice
   • Communication
   • Medicine
   • Naming
   • Reason

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'indication' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4065

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'indication' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3395

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'indication' in Nouns Frequency: #1352

How to pronounce indication?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of indication in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of indication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of indication in a Sentence

1. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine:

   They are providing some technical expertise. We're not going to talk about exactly what they are doing, we do not want to give the killer or killers any indication of where this investigation is going.

2. Namik Ekinci:

   We firmly believe that the Turkish Ministry of Economy will take the ... case to the WTO, the ministry must consider several factors before making a final decision, but there is a strong indication and we expect the decision to be taken at the earliest.

3. Joseph Votel:

   We help our embassies with some of their messaging activities that they are doing out there to make sure that truthful information is getting out to populations. We use our civil affairs capability to help connect governments to their populations and strengthen those relationships. In doing that, (we) reduce those vulnerabilities of populations who may be vulnerable to this type of pressure they get from outside countries . Asked about Al Qaeda, Votel said the terror group was diminished in east Africa, Syria and Yemen, but the lesson of the last decade is that the U.S. and its allies must maintain pressure or the groups will reinvent and reconstitute. The leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is believed to be in Pakistan, and has been noticeably silent on the June drone strike that killed the organization's number two , Naser al Wuhayishi, who also was the leader of the Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen. To me it is a good sign it’s an indication that we have been very effective at isolating him so that is kind of my initial reaction.

4. Paul Keenan:

   It was an extremely small percentage of his overall viewing, I believe we reviewed about 175,000 files on his computer, and it was somewhere in the neighborhood of less than 200 were files of mainly of German military, German Nazi things, but there was no indication there was any animosity.

5. Nicholas Peters:

   There is no indication in the IG report that the paperwork and regulatory issues of Department staff were anything other than good faith mistakes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=indication
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Indication
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=indication
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indication
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=indication