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🔎 To show 👉 To point out 🗣️ To state briefly 💊 To be recommended
to indicate

to indicate

37 4.7
Be the right treatment for a particular illness or problem
  • verb
  • /ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estar indicado
  • Middle- to low-income patients were more likely to receive indicated chemotherapy in Toronto than in San Francisco.
  • treatment is indicated
  • indicated for patients
  • transfusion is indicated

Outbreak reactive vaccination is now indicated by WHO.

Examples

  • When complete closure of the external canal occurs, surgery is indicated to prevent cholesteatoma and its potentially fatal complications.

    Academic text (2008)

  • However, surgical removal is indicated when the growth of the osteoma causes distressing symptoms or cosmetic issues.

    Academic text (2008)

  • There are four general areas where social work leadership is indicated: education, direct service, research, and advocacy.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Now, don't you feel that a long cold drink is indicated?

    Saboteur (1942)

  • A short course of oral steroids may be indicated in severe cases.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Outbreak reactive vaccination is now indicated by WHO.

    Harvard University

  • If a patient's symptoms worsen, doctors may indicate a change in treatment.

  • The guidelines indicate that this medication is essential for managing the condition.

  • Following the test results, the doctor indicated that surgery could be necessary.

Antonyms

to prohibit
299 3.3

To officially say that something is not allowed by law

to discourage
257 3.5

To try to stop something by making people less willing to do it

to contraindicate
  • Specialized
3 9.9

Make a medicine or surgery unsafe for someone because of a health problem

How Appropriate

to necessitate
  • Formal
24 6.3
to indicate
  • Specialized
37 4.7
to favor
  • US
286 2.0
to contraindicate
  • Specialized
3 9.9

Surface Forms

indicate infinitive
indicated past
indicated past participle
indicating present participle
indicates third person singular

Etymology

Indicate comes from the Latin indicāre, 'to point out', the same root as index. In medicine, a treatment is 'indicated' when the signs point to it as the right choice.