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indication
Overview of noun indication
The noun indication has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (15) indication, indicant -- (something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease")
2. indication, denotation -- (the act of indicating or pointing out by name)
3. indication -- ((medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics")
4. indication -- (something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave")
5. reading, meter reading, indication -- (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indication
5 senses of indication
Sense 1
indication, indicant
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
indication, denotation
=> naming
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
indication
=> reason
=> fact
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
indication
=> advice
=> proposal
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
reading, meter reading, indication
=> datum, data point
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun indication
2 of 5 senses of indication
Sense 1
indication, indicant
=> gesture
=> evidence
=> trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
=> symptom
=> signalization, signalisation
=> pointing out
=> manifestation
=> mark, print
=> glimpse
=> harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor
=> hint, clue
=> smoke
Sense 5
reading, meter reading, indication
=> clock time, time
=> miles per hour, mph
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indication
5 senses of indication
Sense 1
indication, indicant
=> communication
Sense 2
indication, denotation
=> naming
Sense 3
indication
=> reason
Sense 4
indication
=> advice
Sense 5
reading, meter reading, indication
=> datum, data point
Antonyms of noun indication
1 of 5 senses of indication
Sense 3
indication
Antonym of contraindication (Sense 1)
=>contraindication
Member Holonyms of noun indication
Substance Holonyms of noun indication
Part Holonyms of noun indication
Member Meronyms of noun indication
Substance Meronyms of noun indication
Part Meronyms of noun indication
Meronyms of noun indication
Holonyms of noun indication
Attributes of noun indication
Derived Forms of noun indication
5 senses of indication
Sense 1
indication, indicant
RELATED TO>(verb) indicate#4
=> argue, indicate
RELATED TO>(verb) indicate#1
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Sense 2
indication, denotation
RELATED TO>(verb) indicate#2
=> indicate, point, show
Sense 3
indication
RELATED TO>(verb) indicate#5
=> indicate, suggest
RELATED TO>(verb) indicate#1
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Sense 4
indication
RELATED TO>(verb) indicate#5
=> indicate, suggest
RELATED TO>(verb) indicate#4
=> argue, indicate
Sense 5
reading, meter reading, indication
RELATED TO>(verb) indicate#4
=> argue, indicate
Domain of noun indication
1 of 5 senses of indication
Sense 3
indication
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#1, medical specialty#1
Domain Terms of noun indication
Familiarity of noun indication
indication used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun indication
5 senses of indication
Sense 1
indication, indicant
> communication
=> publication
=> message
=> contagion, infection
=> language, linguistic communication
=> written communication, written language
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> didacticism
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> sign
=> indication, indicant
=> visual communication
=> display
=> expressive style, style
=> paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
=> auditory communication
=> voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox
=> psychic communication, psychical communication, anomalous communication
=> voice
=> document
Sense 2
indication, denotation
> naming
=> acrophony
=> numeration
=> indication, denotation
=> specification
Sense 3
indication
> reason
=> indication
=> contraindication
Sense 4
indication
> advice
=> recommendation
=> indication
=> admonition, monition, warning, word of advice
Sense 5
reading, meter reading, indication
> datum, data point
=> reading, meter reading, indication
=> statistic
Meronyms of noun indication
5 senses of indication
Holonyms of noun indication
Grep of noun indication
contraindication
indication
preindication
vindication
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