Definition of "indicative" []

• Serving to indicate: symptoms indicative of anemia; an insignia indicative of high rank. (adjective)
• Grammar Of, relating to, or being the mood of the verb used in ordinary objective statements. (adjective)
• Grammar The indicative mood. (noun)
• Grammar A verb in the indicative mood. (noun)

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• "Verbs have three moods, the indicative, (embracing what is commonly included under the _indicative_, the _subjunctive_, and the"
• "But, James, isn't the title indicative of "right" interpretation according to monotheistic understanding in opposition to Trinitarian understanding? and human moral development?"
• "It was one of the hospital six-ounce bottles, bearing a label indicative of glycerine lotion, but the color of the contained fluid belied the label."