indication

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of pointing out or indicating.
2. (countable, uncountable) A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
3. (countable, rare, uncountable) A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
4. (countable, uncountable) A discovery made; information.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An explanation; a display.
6. (countable, uncountable) 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).
7. (countable, uncountable) A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

Synonyms

sign

mark

symptom

signal

hint

omen

portent

token

trace

expression

manifestation

suggestion

presage

vestige

index

augury

designation

denotation

instruction

evidence

symbol

display

characteristic

reading

harbinger

proof

foreboding

auspice

premonition

foretoken

clue

denotement

directions

indicated market

indicant

representation

gesture

signs

footprint

👣

pointing out

meter reading

intimation

note

enlightenment

embodiment

emblem

clew

brand

distinctive mark

circumstantial evidence

Translations

indication

indicación

indicazione

indizio

teken

Anzeichen

aanwijzing

belirti

signe

indicio

indicação

Hinweis

voorteken

ένδειξη

Symptom

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: indicación

Cognate with Italian: indicazione

In summary

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.