FromMiddle Frenchindicatif, fromLate Latinindicātīvus. Bysurface analysis,indicate +-ive.
indicative (comparativemoreindicative,superlativemostindicative)
- Serving as asign,indication orsuggestion of something.
He had painsindicative of a heart attack.
- (grammar) Of, or relating to theindicative mood.
of, or relating to the indicative mood
indicative (countable anduncountable,pluralindicatives)
- (grammar, uncountable) The indicative mood.
- (grammar, countable) A term in the indicative mood.
2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, inWorld Englishes, volume37, page253:The fact that imperative forms were taken into English asindicatives suggests that the English speakers using the Hindustani verbs were most familiar (in some cases perhapsonly familiar) with the imperative form.
indicative
- femininesingular ofindicatif
indicative
- feminineplural ofindicativo
indicātīve
- vocativemasculinesingular ofindicātīvus
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