indicate /'indikeit/

Meaning

English definition

• (v.) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
• (v.) to state or express briefly
• (v.) suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

Chinese translation

• vt. 显示, 象征, 指示, 指出
• [医] 指示

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/'indikeit/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.35 · Rare

Word forms

indicates, indicated, indicating

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individual · indigenous · indication · indirect · indicator · indictment · indicative · indifferent

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