indicate

Definition

  • verb: to show (something)
  • verb: to point out or point to
  • usually used as '(be) indicated'
  • synonyms: adumbrate, affect, allude to

Examples

  • We asked how to get to the rear entrance, and he 'indicated' a path leading around the right side of the building.

  • He nodded his head to 'indicate' his approval. = He 'indicated' his approval with a nod of his head.

  • The general used a long ruler to 'indicate' on the map exactly where the troops would land.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I trust you ladies will help me out with that? I've never seen anything like it, nearly blind from cataracts. I'm not sure if he can hear, bones indicate severe arthritis. His skin has lost all elasticity and his hands and feet are ossified. He shows all the deterioration, the infirmities not of (..)
    2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button