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{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*deyḱ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "indicatus"
},
"expansion": "Latin indicatus",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "indico",
"3": "indicāre",
"4": "to point out, indicate"
},
"expansion": "indicāre (“to point out, indicate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "in",
"3": "",
"4": "in, to"
},
"expansion": "in (“in, to”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dico",
"3": "dicāre",
"4": "to declare, originally to point"
},
"expansion": "dicāre (“to declare, originally to point”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin indicatus, past participle of indicāre (“to point out, indicate”), from in (“in, to”) + dicāre (“to declare, originally to point”); see diction. Compare index.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "indicates",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "indicating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "indicated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "indicated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "indicate (third-person singular simple present indicates, present participle indicating, simple past and past participle indicated)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "index"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "indication"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "indicative"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "indicator"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3",
"text": "Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known."
],
"id": "en-indicate-en-verb-TD9jYXuG",
"links": [
[
"point out",
"point out"
],
[
"discover",
"discover"
],
[
"show",
"show"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dalla ʕalā",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "دَلَّ عَلَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ramaza ʔilā",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "رَمَزَ إِلَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḏakara",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "ذَكَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔašāra",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "أَشَارَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "endicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xusüa",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "সূচোৱা"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "dekhuüa",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "দেখুওৱা"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pokazvam",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "показвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "posočvam",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "посочвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "indicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎomíng",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "表明"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎoshì",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "表示"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐshì",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "指示"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "預示"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yùshì",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "预示"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "naznačovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ukazovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "poukazovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "anvise"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "aanwijzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "aanduiden"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "wijzen op"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "indiki"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "osoittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "näyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "ilmaista"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "indiquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "signaler"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "indicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "anzeigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "anweisen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "andeuten"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bandwjan",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "deíchno",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "δείχνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "jelez"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "indicare"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"alt": "しめす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shimesu",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "示す"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"alt": "さす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sasu",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "指す"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"alt": "してきする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiteki-suru",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "指摘する"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"alt": "ひょうじする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyōji-suru",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "表示する"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "garikida",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "가리키다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "whakaatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "whakahahaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "tautuhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "upvenua"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "anvise"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "indikere"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "signalisere"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "wskazywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "indicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukázyvatʹ",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ука́зывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukazátʹ",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "указа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "diśati",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "दिशति"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "indicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "anvisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "teliyacēyu",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "తెలియచేయు"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "telupu",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "తెలుపు"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "belirtmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "göstermek"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "işâret etmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 0 1",
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "ıy",
"sense": "to point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known",
"word": "ый"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies."
],
"id": "en-indicate-en-verb-4t2NxyBS",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "označavam",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "означавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎoshì",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "表示"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ànshì",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "暗示"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "wijzen op"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "aangeven"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indiki"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "olla merkkinä"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "viitata"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indikoida"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indiquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "anzeigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "andeuten"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "auf etwas deuten"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sēmaínō",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "σημαίνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "jelez"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "mutat"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "utal"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indokol"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indokolttá tesz"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "mostrare"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "tyde på"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indikere"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ukazywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 83 0 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indicar"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left."
],
"id": "en-indicate-en-verb-DpCdZbF4",
"links": [
[
"signal",
"signal"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 0 98 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "davam migač",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "давам мигач"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 98 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐshì",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "指示"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 98 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "aangeven"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 98 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "vilkuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 98 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "den Blinker setzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 98 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "blinken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 98 1",
"code": "hu",
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"code": "ko",
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{
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "utal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indokol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indokolttá tesz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "mostrare"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "tyde på"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indikere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ukazywać"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to show or manifest by symptoms",
"word": "indicar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "davam migač",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "давам мигач"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐshì",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "指示"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "aangeven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "vilkuttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "den Blinker setzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "blinken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "indexel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "indicare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"word": "sygnalizować"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "signálitʹ",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "сигна́лить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokazatʹ",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "показать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left",
"tags": [
"Chile",
"Costa-Rica",
"Ecuador"
],
"word": "señalizar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǐshì",
"sense": "to investigate the condition or power of",
"word": "指示"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to investigate the condition or power of",
"word": "näyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to investigate the condition or power of",
"word": "ilmaista"
}
],
"word": "indicate"
}
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