how to pronounce indicative

/ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/

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indicative is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of indicative in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… they are highly indicative of what's …”

meanings of indicative

adjective:

Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.
Of, or relating to the indicative mood.

noun:

The indicative mood.
A term in the indicative mood.

indicative frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word indicative occurs in english on average 5.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics indicative can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that indicative can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;