INDICATIVE


Meaning of INDICATIVE in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. (foll. by of) suggestive; serving as an indication.

2 Gram. (of a mood) denoting simple statement of a fact.

--n. Gram.

1. the indicative mood.

2 a verb in this mood.

Derivatives:

indicatively adv.

Etymology: ME f. F indicatif -ive f. LL indicativus (as INDICATE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.