indicates

Verb

indicate (third-person singular simple present indicates, present participle indicating, simple past and past participle indicated)

1. (sometimes, transitive) To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
   • The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.

   Synonyms:

   betoken, index, speak of, bespeak

2. (transitive) To show or manifest by symptoms.
   • Near-synonym: suggest

   Synonyms:

   suggest

3. (transitive) To point to as the proper remedies.
   • Near-synonym: warrant

   Synonyms:

   warrant

4. (transitive) To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
5. (transitive) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
   • To a person who is familiar with the use of an indicator, whether it be of one make or another, it is needless to give instructions as to how an engine should be indicated,[…].1903, “How to indicate an engine”, in The Star Improved Steam Engine Indicator, page 64