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indicatives

indicatives is the plural of indicative.

Meaning of indicative

Noun

indicative (countable and uncountable, plural indicatives)

  1. (uncountable) The indicative mood.
  2. (countable) A term in the indicative mood.
    • The fact that imperative forms were taken into English as indicatives suggests that the English speakers using the Hindustani verbs were most familiar (in some cases perhaps only familiar) with the imperative form.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 253

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Phrases with indicatives

Questions about indicatives

What is indicatives the plural of?
Indicatives is the plural of indicative.

Words near indicatives in the dictionary

  1. indicative planning
  2. indicative vote
  3. indicative votes
  4. indicatively
  5. indicativeness
  6. indicatives
  7. indicator
  8. indicator card
  9. indicator cards
  10. indicator diagram
  11. indicator diagrams

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