| indication |  |  | 
| n. (communication) | 1. indicant, indication | something that serves to indicate or suggest.; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" | 
 |  ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. | 
 |  ~ gesture | something done as an indication of intention.; "a political gesture"; "a gesture of defiance" | 
 |  ~ evidence | an indication that makes something evident.; "his trembling was evidence of his fear" | 
 |  ~ vestige, tincture, trace, shadow | an indication that something has been present.; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" | 
 |  ~ symptom | anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence. | 
 |  ~ signalisation, signalization | a conspicuous indication. | 
 |  ~ pointing out | indication by demonstration. | 
 |  ~ manifestation | a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing.; "a manifestation of disease" | 
 |  ~ print, mark | a visible indication made on a surface.; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere" | 
 |  ~ glimpse | a vague indication.; "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning" | 
 |  ~ harbinger, forerunner, herald, predecessor, precursor | something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. | 
 |  ~ clue, hint | a slight indication. | 
 |  ~ smoke | an indication of some hidden activity.; "with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere" | 
| n. (communication) | 2. denotation, indication | the act of indicating or pointing out by name. | 
 |  ~ naming | the verbal act of naming.; "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals" | 
| n. (communication) | 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" | 
 |  ~ reason | a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion.; "there is reason to believe he is lying" | 
 |  ~ medical specialty, medicine | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques. | 
| n. (communication) | 4. indication | something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary.; "there were indications that it was time to leave" | 
 |  ~ advice | a proposal for an appropriate course of action. | 
| n. (cognition) | 5. indication, meter reading, reading | 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" | 
 |  ~ data point, datum | an item of factual information derived from measurement or research. | 
 |  ~ clock time, time | a reading of a point in time as given by a clock.; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock" | 
 |  ~ miles per hour, mph | a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel. | 
| meter reading |  |  | 
| n. (act) | 1. meter reading, reading | the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments.; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" | 
 |  ~ measurement, measuring, mensuration, measure | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule.; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" | 
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