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Indicative Of: Standard Pattern

Indicative Of: Standard Pattern records the directly documented Cambridge construction and limits the claim to the evidenced complement pattern.

Quick answer

Cambridge documents “indicative of” for something that shows, suggests, or points to a condition or fact.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective complement
Termsindicative of

Further guidance

Construction

Cambridge documents indicative of as the construction for something that shows or suggests a condition or fact.

Style Boundary

This page records the supported indicative-of construction without asserting that every occurrence of indicative must use the same syntax.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. indicative of — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge dictionary evidence for the construction indicative of something.

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