GDict

indicative

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adj/ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/
  1. 1

    Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.

    • He had pains indicative of a heart attack.
  2. 2

    Of, or relating to the indicative mood.

noun/ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/
  1. 1

    The indicative mood.uncountable

  2. 2

    A term in the indicative mood.countable

    • The fact that imperative forms were taken into English as indicatives suggests that the English speakers using the Hindustani verbs were most familiar (in some cases perhaps only familiar) with the imperative form.

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