indicator
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- noun
- /ˈɪndɪˌkeɪtər/
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indicador
- In medicine, blood pressure is often used as an indicator of a patient's cardiovascular health.
- quality indicator
- health indicator
- performance indicator
OK, so the best indicator of the future is the past.
- OK, so the best indicator of the future is the past.
- I don't think of it as being such a powerful indicator of of risk or health.
- I move next to speak about health and health indicators in the Arab world.
- And the truth is it's a very crude indicator of your health.
- So they were called performance indicators and that's what you were measuring.
- So you said length of night time erections is a good indicator of physical health.
- As we drill down those goals, our KPIs, our key performance indicators start to become crystal clear.
- When it comes to men, the most important indicator of interest is follow through.
- We've met our our, our quaff indicator and our target.
- Flat line and all of the indicators of human well-being.
- Like, is there indicators of that that he could have seen earlier on?
- So I don't want to use that by itself as the indicator I want to use.
Examples
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How well they do academically sometimes serves as an indicator of students' health and life.
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That's historically an indicator of slowing GDP growth.
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OK, so the best indicator of the future is the past.
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When it comes to men, the most important indicator of interest is follow through.
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Because past information is often an indicator as to future behaviour, right?
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Feedback has been a huge indicator of my success.
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It's one of our most powerful indicators of something being wrong.
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And, you know, we, we have all these indicators of health on our body.
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Using frequency of positive experiences as an indicator of happiness has empirical support.
Academic text (2015) -
But to the Nimiipuu, salmon and water are the indicators of a healthy environment.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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A single number that gives information about people or things
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A number that shows how something changes, like prices or pollution
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A measure used to judge the performance or success of something
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A number that shows how things like prices change over time or between places
A number that shows how a situation or trend changes over time
Compounds
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A number that changes before the whole economy does to show future trends
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A chemical dye that changes color to show when a solid forms in a liquid
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A chemical that changes color to show if a liquid is acidic or basic
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A tool that sets the time when an artillery shell will explode
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An electrode that responds to changes in dissolved chemicals without changing the liquid
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A chemical that changes color when a solution gains or loses electrons
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Etymology
Indicator comes from the Latin word indicare, which means 'to point out', and is like the word index; so an indicator in data is a number that 'points out' how a situation is changing over time.