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indication
A	noun
	1	reading, meter reading, indication
				a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚information ╚datum; data point ╚reading, meter reading, indication ╚miles per hour; mph ╚clock time; time
	2	indication
				something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚proposal ╚advice ╚indication
	3	indication, indicant
				something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚indication, indicant ╚glimpse ╚mark; print ╚manifestation ╚pointing out ╚signalization; signalisation ╚symptom ╚trace; vestige; tincture; shadow ╚evidence ╚gesture
	4	indication
				(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚information ╚fact ╚reason ╚indication
	5	indication, denotation
				the act of indicating or pointing out by name
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚naming ╚indication, denotation

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