Indicated

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɪkeɪtɪd/

Definitions

1. Expressed or shown through clear reference or gesture
2. Made evident or pointed out explicitly by words or signs
3. Clearly demonstrated or revealed through direct mention or signal

Etymology: "Indicated" is the past tense and past participle of "indicate," a verb borrowed from the Latin "indicātus," the perfect passive participle of "indicō," meaning "to point out." That Latin verb was built from "in-," meaning "in" or "to," and "dicō," meaning "to declare." The root "dicō" originally carried the sense of pointing, so the act of showing something came before the act of stating it. That origin is visible in the family of words that share it. "Diction" comes from the same "dicō," as does "index," a thing that points you toward information. Each keeps a trace of the original gesture: to declare something was once, in a sense, to point a finger at it.

Synonyms: shown, pointed out, denoted, signaled, revealed

Antonyms: concealed, hidden, ignored, obscured, disregarded