indication
/ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun
Forms indications
- noun An act of pointing out or indicating.
- noun A fact that shows that something exists or may happen. “There's no indication that the fire was caused by criminals.”
- noun (rare) A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
- noun A discovery made; information.
- noun (obsolete) An explanation; a display.
- noun (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease that serves to direct to suitable remedies; the problem that warrants and prompts the use of a diagnostic test, imaging mode, or treatment (e.g., medication, surgical procedure). “Influenza and suspected influenza are FDA-approved indications for oseltamivir.”
- noun (finance) A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
Synonyms
symptom evidence tip-off mark token sign demonstration proof signal patteran indicant denotation reading meter reading
Antonyms
Etymology
From Old French indication, from Latin indicātiō (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; compare French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione. By surface analysis, indicate + -ion.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Act of pointing out or indicating.
- noun That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
Etymology [L. indicatio: cf. F. indication.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “indication”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details