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indicative

Syllabification: (in·dic·a·tive)
Pronunciation: /inˈdikətiv/
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Definition of indicative

adjective

  • 1serving as a sign or indication of something:having recurrent dreams is not necessarily indicative of any psychological problem
  • 2 Grammar denoting a mood of verbs expressing simple statement of a fact. Compare with subjunctive.

noun

Grammar
  • a verb in the indicative mood.
  • (the indicative) the indicative mood.

Derivatives

indicatively

adverb

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