Indicate and Read

Indicate

Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.

Read is a synonym for indicate in show topic. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Indicate", when it comes to topics like signify, register.

Read

Read verb - Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.
Usage example: The gauge read `empty'

Indicate is a synonym for read in show topic. You can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Read", if it concerns topics such as express, register.

Common collocations

people indicate people read people
name indicate name read name
time indicate time read time
way indicate way read way
Other words: emotions.

Both words in one sentence

  • The You Bastard ending seems to indicate that the author himself hates both the story, and anyone who read it through to the end.
  • Music / Nine Inch Nails The album's lyrics themselves seem to indicate that Trent may have actually read Nietzsche, so it's really just the character in question and not Trent himself.
  • In Deus Ex, ellipses help indicate that you didn't just read everything in the book.
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