indicate

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb be a signal for or a symptom of
  2. verb indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
  3. verb to state or express briefly

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indicātus, perfect passive participle of indicō (“to point out, indicate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, to”) + dicō (“to declare, (originally) to point”). See also diction and index.

In classic literature

Synonyms

bespeak, betoken, point, signal

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