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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDICA'TION, n. The act of pointing out.
1. Mark; token; sign; symptom; whatever serves to discover what is not before known, or otherwise obvious.
The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places, are plain indications of their weariness.
2. In medicine, any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
3. Discovery made; intelligence given.
4. Explanation; display. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" [syn: indication, indicant]
2: the act of indicating or pointing out by name [syn: indication, denotation]
3: (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics" [ant: contraindication]
4: something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave"
5: 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" [syn: reading, meter reading, indication]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a. something that serves to indicate b. something that is indicated as advisable or necessary 2. the action of indicating • indicational adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of indicating. 2 something indicated or suggested. 3 a reading given by a gauge or instrument. Etymology: F f. L indicatio (as INDICATE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Indication In`di*ca"tion, n. [L. indicatio: cf. F. indication.] 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. --Addison. 3. Discovery made; information. --Bentley. 4. Explanation; display. [Obs.] --Bacon. 5. (Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. Syn: Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence; signal.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(indications) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. An indication is a sign which suggests, for example, what people are thinking or feeling. All the indications are that we are going to receive reasonable support from abroad... He gave no indication that he was ready to compromise. = sign N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Indicating. See preceding verb. 2. Sign, mark, token, note, index, symptom, manifestation, hint, suggestion.

Moby Thesaurus

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