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Definition
to show (point out, demonstrate, express, or suggest)
- We don't know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left.p. 272.8
indicate = suggest (possibly show)
- The internal arrangements of the Finch house were indicative of Simon's guilelessness and the absolute trust with which he regarded his offspring.p. 106.5
- From the other side, however, Greek revival columns clashed with a big nineteenth-century clock tower housing a rusty unreliable instrument, a view indicating a people determined to preserve every physical scrap of the past.p. 217.2
- "Is he all right?" Aunty asked, indicating Jem.p. 284.8
- His hand tightened on mine and he indicated that he wanted to leave.p. 372.6
indicative = a demonstration
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.)
indicating = showing (or demonstrating)
indicating = looking or nodding toward; or pointing to
indicated = suggested
There are no more uses of "indicate" in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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