English Online Dictionary. What means indication? What does indication mean?
English
Etymology
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. Morphologically indicate + -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
indication (countable and uncountable, plural indications)
- Act of pointing out or indicating.
- A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
- Synonyms: symptom, evidence
- September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156
- (rare) A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
- Synonyms: mark, token, sign
- Discovery made; information.
- (obsolete) Explanation; display.
- (medicine) 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).
- (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
Derived terms
Related terms
- index
- indicate
- indicator
- indicative
Translations
Further reading
- “indication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “indication”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
From Latin indicātiōnem. By surface analysis, indiquer + -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃/
Noun
indication f (plural indications)
- direction, instruction
- Synonyms: enseignement, instruction
- indication, sign
- Synonym: signe
- indication, information
- Synonyms: information, renseignement
- a hint
Related terms
- indiquer
Further reading
- “indication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.