indicating
Syllables: in·di·cat·ing/ˈɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/
indicating is the present participle and gerund of indicate.
Meaning of indicate
Verb
indicate (third-person singular simple present indicates, present participle indicating, simple past and past participle indicated)
- 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.
- To show or manifest by symptoms.
- Near-synonym: suggest
- Synonyms:
- suggest
- To point to as the proper remedies.
- Near-synonym: warrant
- Synonyms:
- warrant
- To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
- 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
Phrases with indicating
Questions about indicating
- What is indicating the present participle and gerund of?
- Indicating is the present participle and gerund of indicate.
- How do you pronounce indicating?
- Indicating is pronounced /ˈɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/.
Words near indicating in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: indicating (page history and authors); indicate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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