indicated
- 1Simple past and past participle of indicate.
The survey results indicated a clear preference for the new design.
Early reports indicated that sales had risen sharply over the holidays.
Note
One spelling does two jobs, as with every regular -ed verb. It is the simple past (the survey indicated a preference), and it is also the participle that follows have in the perfect or be in the passive. The passive carries a clinician's sense worth knowing: when a treatment is indicated, it is pointed to as the proper remedy. So "surgery was indicated" means the condition called for it, not merely that someone mentioned it.
Surgery was indicated once the scan showed a blockage.
For most viral infections, rest rather than antibiotics is indicated.
indicated is a form of indicate
indicate, verb: To point something out or make it known to others, showing where something is or what is the case. Full entry
- Forms
- indicateindicates he/she/itindicating -ing formindicated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- indicate → indicated: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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