indicative
The indicative moodThe indicative mood.
» A high forehead is indicative of great mental power.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The indicative mood.
Indikativ
изъяви́тельное наклоне́ниеizʺjavítelʹnoje naklonénije
(countable)A term in the indicative mood.
- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
Examples
4 sentencesA high forehead is indicative of great mental power.
In the second-person singular, the perfect active indicative of "laudare" is "laudavisti".
deDie zweite Person Singular Indikativ Perfekt Aktiv von „laudare“ lautet „laudavisti“.
Macedonian has four verbal moods: indicative, conditional, imperative, and renarrative.
That the death penalty exists is less indicative of our civilization than that hangmen can be found.
deDass es die Todesstrafe gibt, ist weniger bezeichnend für unsere Gesittung, als dass sich Henker finden.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus. By surface analysis, indicate +From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indicātīvus. By surface analysis, indicate + -ive.
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Forms
plural: indicativesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact:indicative mooddeclarative mooddeclarativecommon moodfact mood
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable