Definition of Indicative

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Indicative

Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.

Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.

The indicative mood.

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Indicative Quotations

For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive seem to be written in the present indicative.
Peter Davison

I have no distributor... it is indicative to me that there are these pockets of players and collectors all over. You should see the correspondence I get from over the world letting me know how significant they think I am. I know that wherever I go, I am well received.
Bill Dixon

I basically sat down for a month, with all the Sun stuff I could find and just picked out my favorites. I didn't think that they were indicative of '54 to '57, although I tried to stay within that period.
Brian Setzer

Did you know that the word "tsunami," which is now being used worldwide, is a Japanese word? This is indicative of the extent to which Japan has been subject to frequent tsunami disasters in the past.
Junichiro Koizumi

Indicative Translations

indicative in Dutch is indicatief, aantonende wijs
indicative in German is hinweisend, anzeigend
indicative in Portuguese is indicativo
indicative in Spanish is indicativo

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