indication

== English == === Etymology === From Old French indication, from Latin indicātiō (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; compare French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione. By surface analysis, indicate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === indication (countable and uncountable, plural indications) An act of pointing out or indicating. A fact that shows that something exists or may happen. Synonyms: symptom, evidence September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156 (rare) A mark or another symbol used to represent something. Synonyms: mark, token, sign A discovery made; information. (obsolete) An explanation; a display. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease that serves to direct to suitable remedies; the problem that warrants and prompts the use of a diagnostic test, imaging mode, or treatment (e.g., medication, surgical procedure). (finance) A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== index indicate indicator indicative ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “indication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “indication”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === From Latin indicātiōnem. By surface analysis, indiquer +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === indication f (plural indications) direction, instruction Synonyms: enseignement, instruction indication, sign Synonym: signe indication, information Synonyms: information, renseignement a hint ==== Related terms ==== indiquer === Further reading === “indication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012