indication

Noun

Meaning

That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.

Explanation; display.

Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mark evidence signal sign reading proof token warning demonstration suggestion pointer implication manifestation hint forecast
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Antonyms

contraindication base product overtone command break
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Hypernyms

reason datum communication advice naming data point

Hyponyms

herald mark time evidence print smoke

Related terms

indicate index indicator indicative

Phrases with the word

provide an indication be an indication give an indication provide indication give indication absolute indication

Examples

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter. Charles Lindbergh

Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the 'given' material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control. Earle Brown

Christian practice is that evidence which confirms every other indication of true godliness. Jonathan Edwards (theologian)

To my mind, a well-developed sense of humor is the surest indication of a person's humanity, no matter how black and bitter that humor may be. Thomas Ligotti

Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life. Eric Hoffer

One needs more than one indication to draw conclusions. Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

indicating that indicating time indicating unequal temperatures indication lamp indication light indication of a coming event