indicative

adj.

1. Serving to indicate: symptoms indicative of anemia; an insignia indicative of high rank.
2. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being the mood of the verb used in ordinary objective statements.

n. Grammar

1. The indicative mood.
2. A verb in the indicative mood.

indicatively in·dic'a·tive·ly adv.

adjective

Serving to designate or indicate: denotative, denotive, designative, designatory, exhibitive, exhibitory, indicatory. See show/hide.

The standard mood of sentences intended to make assertions or deliver information; it is contrasted with imperative, hortative (‘would we were free!’), and sometimes conditional moods.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
  Synonyms: indicative mood, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood

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The adjective indicative has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (grammar) relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements
  Synonym: declarative
  Pertains to noun: indicative mood (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: having a covert or special meaning
  Synonyms: significative, suggestive

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - indikativ, som tyder på, som antyder
n. - indikativ

idioms:

• indicative mood    indikativ (måde)

Nederlands (Dutch)
indicatief, een aanwijzing vormend voor, typerend voor, aantonende wijs

Français (French)
adj. - indicatif
n. - indicatif, mode indicatif

idioms:

• indicative mood    (Ling) mode indicatif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hinweisend, indikativisch
n. - Indikativ, Wirklichkeitsform

idioms:

• indicative mood    Indikativ, Wirklichkeitsform

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ενδεικτικός, δηλωτικός
n. - (γραμμ.) οριστική (έγκλιση)

idioms:

• indicative mood    (γραμμ.) οριστική έγκλιση

Italiano (Italian)
modo indicativo

idioms:

• indicative mood    modo indicativo

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - indicativo (m)

idioms:

• indicative mood    modo (m) indicativo (Gram.)

Русский (Russian)
указывающий, изъявительный

idioms:

• indicative mood    изъявительное наклонение

Español (Spanish)
adj. - indicativo, indicador
n. - indicativo

idioms:

• indicative mood    modo indicativo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - angivande, utvisande, antydande, indikativ (gram.)
n. - indikativ (form) (gram.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
指示的, 表示...的, 象征的, 陈述语气

idioms:

• indicative mood    陈述语气, 直述语气

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 指示的, 表示...的, 象徵的
n. - 陳述語氣

idioms:

• indicative mood    陳述語氣, 直述語氣

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 직설법의, 암시하는
n. - 직설법

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 直説法
adj. - 示す, 表示する, 直説法の

idioms:

• indicative mood    直説法

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) دال على (الاسم) الصيغه الدلاليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רומז על, מצביע‬
n. - ‮פועל בדרך החיווי‬

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