indication
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that serves to indicate or suggest
an indication of foul play
Types & categories
- communication hypernym
- gesture hyponym
- evidence hyponym
- vestige hyponym
- symptom hyponym
- signalization hyponym
- pointing out hyponym
- manifestation hyponym
- print hyponym
- glimpse hyponym
- harbinger hyponym
- clue hyponym
- smoke hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the act of indicating or pointing out by name
Types & categories
- naming hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics
Types & categories
- reason hypernym
Related & opposite
- contraindication antonym
- bespeak derivation
- suggest derivation
- medicine domain topic
Sense 4 noun
something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary
there were indications that it was time to leave
Types & categories
- advice hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
he could not believe the meter reading
Types & categories
- datum hypernym
- clock time hyponym
- miles per hour hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | argue |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bespeak |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gesture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | evidence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vestige |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | symptom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | signalization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pointing out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manifestation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glimpse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | harbinger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smoke |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | point |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | denote |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | naming |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | contraindication |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bespeak |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggest |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reason |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | argue |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggest |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | advice |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | argue |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | record |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | datum |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | clock time |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | miles per hour |