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indicative

in·di·ca·tive

indicative

 
pronunciation:
ihn dI k tihv
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Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: suggesting; indicating (usu. fol. by "of").
His remark was indicative of a desire to help.
definition 2: in grammar, designating the mood of a verb used for ordinary statements and questions. (Cf. imperative, subjunctive.)
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)indicative equally, highly, necessarily, perhaps, truly
(adj.)indicative + noun achievement, anxiety, attitude, bias, change, competence, conduct, consent, decline, depression, desire, difference, difficulty, disorder, existence, exposure, fracture, giftedness, grandparent, imperative, importance, interaction, lack, mode, mood, norm, peer, perception, performance, preference, recovery, rejection, self-esteem, sentence, sentiment, shift, strength, stress, subjunctive, teaching, tendency, thinking, trend, verb  [See all][See only the most frequent]