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indicative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive |
| Derivation | indicate |
actions indicative of fear.
indicative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative mood |
| Type of | modality, mode, mood |
Examples of indicative
indicative
The sales trend in December is indicative of the rebound in consumer confidence.
From the online.wsj.com
Mr. Smith's touring success, unfortunately, isn't indicative of industry trends.
From the online.wsj.com
The test is indicative of the ability to stay focused, which is reduced in PTSD.
From the sciencedaily.com
It also features lots of vegetable dishes, indicative of how the new Mario eats.
From the freep.com
How he came to farm abalone is indicative of the creature's unfortunate history.
From the theatlantic.com
Such split opinion is possibly indicative of how dysfunctional the party now is.
From the nbr.co.nz
The message was highly nuanced, which is indicative of the president's thinking.
From the suntimes.com
Indicative of this hurt is an email Federated Farmers received from an exporter.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It was the kind of old-school approach which is indicative of New Zealand sport.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Indicative mood: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
- Relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements; "indicative mood"
- (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear"
- Realis moods (abbreviated) are a category of grammatical moods which indicate that something is actually the case (or actually not the case); in other words, the state of which is known. The most common realis mood is the indicative mood, or declarative mood.
- The indicative mood; serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something; of, or relating to the indicative mood
- Indicative (auxiliary and main) verb forms are finite forms which are used (inter alia) in declarative and interrogative clauses (i.e. statements and questions). Thus, the italicised items are said to be indicative in mood in the following sentences: 'He is teasing you', 'Can he speak French? ...
- Verb form denoting something as real and factual.
- The name of a mood in which all of the tenses imply certainty of action
- (adj.): Something that is indicative of something shows or displays something. The manner in which Simon Finch arranged his house showed something about him.
