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Webster 1913 Edition
Indication
Inˊdi-ca′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Syn. – Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence; signal.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indication
INDICA'TION
,Noun.
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.]Definition 2024
indication
indication
English
Noun
indication (plural indications)
- Act of pointing out or indicating.
- 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.
- Discovery made; information.
- (obsolete) Explanation; display. Francis Bacon.
- (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
- (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
Related terms
Translations
that which serves to indicate or point out
External links
- indication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- indication in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911