indicate

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

in·di·cate (ĭnʹdĭ-kāt')tr.v. indi·cat·ed, indi·cat·ing, indi·cates
1. To show the way to or the direction of; point out:
an arrow indicating north; indicated the right road by nodding toward it.
2. To serve as a sign, symptom, or token of; signify: “The cracking and booming of the ice indicate a change of temperature” (Henry David Thoreau).
3. To suggest or demonstrate the necessity, expedience, or advisability of:
The symptoms indicate immediate surgery.
4. To state or express briefly:
indicated his wishes in a letter; indicating her approval with a nod. [Latin indicāre, indicāt-, to show, from index, forefinger, indicator. See deik- in Indo-European Roots.] inʹdi·ca·to'ry (-kə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj. 
Synonyms: indicate, argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, testify, witness
These verbs mean to give grounds for supposing or inferring the existence or presence of something: a fever indicating illness; a shabby house that argues poverty; paintings that attest the artist's genius; disorder that bespeaks negligence; melting snows that betoken spring floods; a comment testifying ignorance; a stunned silence that witnessed his shock.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  suggest, argue, point, designate, show, bespeak, betoken, signal