indicative
Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of somethingServing as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.
» A high forehead is indicative of great mental power.
Meaning
2 sensesServing as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.
He had pains indicative of a heart attack.
indikativ, hinweisend
свиде́тельствующийsvidételʹstvujuščij, ука́зывающийukázyvajuščij, пока́зывающийpokázyvajuščij
Of, or relating to the indicative mood.
изъяви́тельныйizʺjavítelʹnyj
relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
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“. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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. — Esperantostern
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
more indicative, most indicative| Comparative | more indicative Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most indicative Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonyms- (usually followed by ‘of’) pointing out or revealing clearly:indicatoryrevelatorysignificativesuggestive
- relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements:declarative
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form