Indicative
Indicative , adjective
[Latin indicativus: compare French indicatif.]
1.
Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.
That truth is productive of utility, and utility indicative of truth, may be thus proved.
2.
(Fine Arts) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.
Collocations (1)
Indicative mood (Grammar) , that mood or form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mail arrived?
Indicative , noun
(Grammar) The indicative mood.