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indicative
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
in·dic·a·tive
/ inˈdikətiv/
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adj.
1.
serving as a sign or indication of something:
having recurrent dreams is not necessarily indicative of any psychological problem.
2.
Gram.
denoting a mood of verbs expressing simple statement of a fact. Compare with subjunctive.
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n. Gram.
a verb in the indicative mood.
∎ (the indicative)
the indicative mood.
DERIVATIVES:
in·dic·a·tive·ly
adv.
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