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1. Be a signal for or a symptom of
   "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"
   - bespeak, betoken [archaic], point, signal
    
2. Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
   "he indicated his opponents"
   - point, designate, show
    
3. To state or express briefly
   "indicated his wishes in a letter"
    
4. Give evidence of
   "The results indicate the need for more work"
   - argue
    
5. Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
   "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"
   - suggest

Derived forms: indicates, indicating, indicated

See also: indication, indicative, indicator

Type of: inform, lay out, present, represent, tell

Antonym: contraindicate