indicative. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

indicative

SYLLABICATION:	in·dic·a·tive
PRONUNCIATION:	n-dk-tv
ADJECTIVE:	1. Serving to indicate: symptoms indicative of anemia; an insignia indicative of high rank. 2. Grammar Of, relating to, or being the mood of the verb used in ordinary objective statements.
NOUN:	Grammar 1. The indicative mood. 2. A verb in the indicative mood.
OTHER FORMS:	in·dica·tive·ly —ADVERB


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