Definition of indicate

"indicate" in the verb sense

1. bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal

be a signal for or a symptom of

"These symptoms indicate a serious illness"

"Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"

"The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

2. indicate, point, designate, show

indicate a place, direction, person, or thing either spatially or figuratively

"I showed the customer the glove section"

"He pointed to the empty parking space"

"he indicated his opponents"

3. indicate

to state or express briefly

"indicated his wishes in a letter"

4. argue, indicate

give evidence of

"The evidence argues for your claim"

"The results indicate the need for more work"

5. indicate

suggest the necessity of an intervention in medicine

"Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

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Quotations for indicate

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. [ Victor Hugo ]

Unattainable wishes are often called pious. This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled. [ Marie Ebner-Eschenbach ]

The very afflictions of our earthly pilgrimage are presages of our future glory, as shadows indicate the sun. [ Richter ]

Coolness, and absence of heat and haste, indicate fine qualities. A gentleman makes no noise, a lady is serene. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

The wrinkles on his forehead are the marks which his mighty deeds have engraved there, and still indicate what he was in former days. [ Corneille ]

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of the mercury in the barometer, indicate little else than the changeableness of the weather. [ Hare ]

Redundancy of language is never found with deep reflection. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. [ Washington Irving ]

Aspiration, worthy ambition, desires for higher good for good ends, - all these indicate a soul that recognizes the beckoning hand of the good Father, who would call us homeward toward Himself. [ J. G. Holland ]

All the fairy tales of Aladdin, or the invisible Gyges, or the talisman that opens kings palaces, or the enchanted halls underground or in the sea, are only fictions to* indicate the one miracle of intellectual enlargement. [ Emerson ]

The whole genius of an author consists in describing well, and delineating character well. Homer, Plato, Virgil, Horace only excel other writers by their expressions and images: we must indicate what is true if we mean to write naturally, forcibly and delicately. [ La Bruyere ]

indicate in Scrabble®

The word indicate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters indicate:

INDICATE
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

incited

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word indicate

INDICATE
(126)
INDICATE
(108)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In indicate

INDICATE
(126)
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(108)
INCITED
(90 = 40 + 50)
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INDICATE
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DACITE
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(36)
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ANTIC
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indicate in Words With Friends™

The word indicate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters indicate:

INDICATE
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

incited

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word indicate

INDICATE
(126)
INDICATE
(90)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In indicate

INDICATE
(126)
INCITED
(101 = 66 + 35)
INDICATE
(90)
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(89 = 54 + 35)
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INDICATE
(75)
DECANT
(69)
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(69)
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(69)
INCITED
(67 = 32 + 35)
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DACITE
(66)
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(63 = 28 + 35)
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CNIDAE
(63)
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DIETIC
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
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(57)
DECANT
(57)
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(56)
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(56)
INCITED
(55 = 20 + 35)
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(54 = 19 + 35)
DIETIC
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(54)
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(54)
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(54)
DACITE
(54)
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(54)
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(53 = 18 + 35)
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(53 = 18 + 35)
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(52)
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(52)
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(52 = 17 + 35)
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(51 = 16 + 35)
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(51)
CADET
(51)
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(51)
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(51)
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(51)
CITED
(51)
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(51)
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(51 = 16 + 35)
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(51)
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(51 = 16 + 35)
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(51)
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(48 = 13 + 35)
CENT
(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(47 = 12 + 35)
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(45)
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(45)
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(45)
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EDICT
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Word Growth involving indicate

Shorter words in indicate

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Longer words containing indicate

bioindicate bioindicated

bioindicate bioindicates

contraindicate contraindicated

contraindicate contraindicates

counterindicate counterindicated

counterindicate counterindicates

indicated bioindicated

indicated contraindicated

indicated counterindicated

indicated reindicated

indicated vindicated revindicated

indicates bioindicates

indicates contraindicates

indicates counterindicates

indicates reindicates

indicates vindicates revindicates

reindicate reindicated

reindicate reindicates

vindicate revindicate revindicated

vindicate revindicate revindicates

vindicate vindicated revindicated

vindicate vindicates revindicates