Indicate and Require

Indicate

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

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Require and indicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Require" instead a verb "Indicate".

Require verb - To have as a requirement.

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Indicate and require are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Require".

person	indicate person	require person
ability	indicate ability	require ability
character	indicate character	require character
power	indicate power	require power
Other words: people, kind, someone, amount, form, number, death, time, use, level, intelligence, weapons, abilities, levels.

Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Eggs are green, orange, or purple to indicate that they require 2, 5, or 10 km respectively to hatch.

Source: Video Game / Pokémon Go
Even if their goals don't necessarily require force (such as embezzlement or fraud), then there's still a good chance they either resort to violence or indicate that violence is a desirable option for them ("You cross me, you're finished.") in the course of the story.

Source: Evil Is Not Pacifist
What's more, better understanding of nutrition and human physiognomy makes food pills impractical (some basic nutrients will always require a larger-than-pill mass, and human gastric stretch receptors, which help indicate fullness, wouldn't be triggered by itty-bitty pills).

Source: We Will Use Manual Labor in the Future

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