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Definition: Indication |
IndicationNoun1. A signal that serves to indicate or suggest something; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease". 2. The act of indicating. 3. (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "indication" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Indication \In`di*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression indicatio: compare to the French expression indication.]. (references) |
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Computing | A primitive issued by a service-provider either 1)to invoke some procedure, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The visual, or sometimes aural signalling of the occurrence of a specific status or condition; eg. system running(halted), undefined instruction. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
INDICATION | German | Indication | Post & Telecom |
INDICATION | Greek | ΕΝΔΕΙΞΗ | Post & Telecom |
| ind | English | Indication | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: IndicationSynonym: indicant (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: contraindication (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Indication, calling attention to; Verb: |
Class | Manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character, stamp predicament; indication, particularization, selection, specification. |
Evidence | Indication; criterion; (test). |
Indication | Put an indication, put a mark; Noun: note, mark, stamp, earmark; blaze; label, ticket, docket; dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk; print; imprint, impress; engrave, stereotype. |
Noun: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist. | |
Information | Hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay; gesture; (indication); gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti; insinuation; (latency). |
Manifestation | Indication; (calling attention to). publicity; disclosure; openness; (honesty), (artlessness); _panchement. |
Be manifest; Adjective: appear; (be visible); transpire; (be disclosed); speak for itself, stand to reason; stare one in the face, rear its head; give token, give sign, give indication of; tell its own tale; (intelligible). | |
Writing | Transcription; (copy); inscription; (record); superscription; (indication); graphology. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Lyrics | So I'm giving you my every indication. (A Little Bit; performing artist: Jessica Simpson) | |
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 | Pictured is an adult black male patient and a nurse wearing a lab coat. She is testing him for high blood pressure and they are both looking at the indication on the measuring instrument. The patient may require the use of a drug to control his high blood pressure. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Shows illustration of nude woman and indication of lump on right breast that would be removed as result of lumpectomy. See artwork: BC-08b. Credit: Donald Gates (artist). |
 | Profile with bottom characteristics of TUSCARORA soundings Profile shows continental slope and Juan de Fuca Ridge This was the first indication of the Juan de Fuca Ridge system. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The Mendocino Escarpment The initial indication of the great seafloor fracture zones Surveyed by GUIDE between 1935-1938. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Stump of a large tree still standing though roots exposed and outstretched. At the mouth of Dividing Creek on Wye Island. This gives an indication of the extent of erosion in this area. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Cerro Grande Fire, Santa Fe NF, Los Alamos, NM. The exfoliated rock is an indication of the temperatures of the fire. Credit: USDA. |
 | Scene at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, December 1923, with guns from scrapped battleships in the foreground. One of these guns is marked "Kansas", presumably an indication that it came from USS Kansas (BB-21). Ship being dismantled in the backround is USS South Carolina (BB-26). Credit: NAVY. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Toilet indication light green" by Christoph Burgdorfer Commentary: "Toilet indication light green." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Herbert Spencer Dickey | Adventures are an indication of inefficiency. Good explorers don't have them. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The expression "formal indication of insolvency" bears the same meaning as it has in English law. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He followed this indication, walking rapidly and talking to himself |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He moved the umbrella in indication and tittered again |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The database is searchable by brand name, generic name or by indication. (references) | |
Often, the first indication that patients have the autoantibody is when they cough up blood. (references) | ||
A foodborne outbreak is an indication that something needs to be improved in our food safety system. (references) | ||
Business | This ratio is often seen as an indication of short-term debt-paying ability. (references) | |
This can be seen as an indication of the advanced technologies used to avoid hazardous wastes in Germany. (references) | ||
The fixed charge coverage ratio is generally seen as an indication of the company's ability to cover its fixed charges. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Bulgaria | The Bulgarian Orthodox Church gave no indication of any interest or intent to establish a radio station. (references) |
Macau | The process of developing this legislation continues with no indication of when such laws may be enacted. (references) | |
Botswana | Except for the Unification Church, there is no indication that any religious organization ever has been denied registration. (references) | |
Economic History | Lebanon | Lebanon is currently drafting a new Trademark and Geographical indication Law. (references) |
Ireland | On a three month basis, a stable indication of recent underlying trends emerges. (references) | |
Vietnam | Extraordinary inspections may only be carried out when there is indication that the business has violated the law. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | There was no indication that the officers had a warrant or that they attempted to search other homes in the area. (references) |
Kenya | The program eventually may help alleviate overcrowding; however, there was no indication of any relief by year's end. (references) | |
Uganda | The police announced a shoot-to-kill policy to discourage additional carjackings and robberies because some of the victims were foreign nationals; however, there was no indication that the police made this an official policy or that persons were killed under this policy. (references) | |
Political Economy | Senegal | For its part, the business community is now awaiting a clear indication of the orientation of the government's policies and programs. (references) |
UKRAINE | Intellectual property rights violations range from petty trademark, geographic indication, and patent theft to industrial scale copyright infringements. (references) | |
Benin | Further, and despite problems in the West African region, there is no indication that the 2001 presidential elections will deviate from this salutary trend. (references) | |
Trade | Portugal | False indication of origin is prohibited. (references) |
Portugal | The indication "made in" is no longer accepted in Portugal. (references) | |
Portugal | Imported goods need to be marked with an indication of origin. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guyana | The Constitution prohibits forced or compulsory labor, and there is no indication that it occurs. (references) |
Tajikistan | However, there is no indication of widespread institutional involvement in trafficking by the Government. (references) | |
Central African Republic | There is no evidence or indication of sexual exploitation, but there were reports that children were beaten publicly. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | But the demonstration of our prosperity rests not alone upon this indication. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The steps that we have already taken in many directions toward that end are a clear indication of our policy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Indication" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Indication" is used about 2,341 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2,341 | 3,800 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "indication": altimeter indication ♦ bad frame indication ♦ contra indication ♦ Counter indication ♦ engine vibration indication system ♦ give indication of ♦ horizontal situation indication ♦ indication of a signal ♦ indication primitive ♦ meter indication ♦ moving target indication ♦ remote alarm indication ♦ signal indication ♦ signal strength indication ♦ signing indication ♦ surface indication ♦ target indication. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "indication": contra-indication. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "indication"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | beduidenis (acceptation, meaning), aanduiding. (various references) | |
Albanian | tregim (denotation, denotement, directing, narration, narrative, novelette, pointing, production, recital, recitation, Rede, relation, story, tale), shenjë (accent, aim, auspice, Beck, brand, butt, cue, denotation, denotement, earmark, ensign, evidence, exponent, fleck, foretoken, impress, index, insignia, Mark, marking, obelisk, obelus, office, omen, pledge, pointer, portent, presage, prognostication, scratch, seal, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, tally, target, token, vestige, Wale, weal), e dhënë (clue, datum, hint, pointer). (various references) | |
Arabic | دليل (proof, sign), تبيين, علامة (denotation, evidence, index, learned, mark, marker, marking, pit, savant, scholar, score, seal, sign, smudge, stamp, symptom, tick, token, type), عرض (array, bid, breadth, broaden, demo, display, evince, exhibit, expose, exposition, exposure, feature, hang, hang out, hold out, imply, introduction, lineup, mount, offer, offering, overture, pageant, parade, predispose, present, presentation, presenting, produce, proffer, propound, recital, retrace, review, set, set out, setting, show, state, statement, subject, submit, surrey, symptom, trot out, widen, width), الدرجة التى تشير إليها آلة مدرجة, إشارة (allusion, cue, denotation, forerunner, gesture, hint, index, innuendo, mark, motion, pitch, prognostic, reference, sign, signal, tip off), أعراض مرض, رمز (allegory, attribute, character, code, denote, designate, emblem, ensign, figure, icon, image, sign, stand for, symbol, symbolize, telltale, token, type, typify), دلالة (augury, designation, marker, significance), دواعي الإستعمال. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | указание (clue, designation, instruction, intimation, lead, monition, symptom), симптом (diagnostic, sign, symptom), означаване (denotation), знак (badge, check, denotation, ensign, parallel, patent, peg, place, seal, sign, signal, symptom, type, vestige), признак (badge, denotation, note, show, sign, symptom, tincture, token, vestige, warning), посочване (designation, mention, representation, signification, specification), показване (exhibition, proof, show, showing), показание (evidence, testification, testifying, testimony). (various references) | |
Chinese | 跡象 (indicator, mark, sign), 跡 (footprint, mark, sign, trace, vestige), 標 (award, prize, sign, surface, the topmost branches of a tree, to mark), 征兆. (various references) | |
Czech | indikace, svìdectví (attestation, authority, evidence, testimonial, testimony, witness), oznaèení (denomination, designation, label, marking, signification). (various references) | |
Danish | indikation (indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point). (various references) | |
Dutch | voorteken (omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign), voorbode (herald, omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign), teken (character, mark, omen, portent, precursor, presage, proof, sign, signal, symptom, token), indicatie. (various references) | |
Esperanto | indiko, antaŭsigno (omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign), aŭguro (omen, portent, presage, sign). (various references) | |
Faeroese | varningur (omen, portent, presage, sign), spádómur (omen, portent, presage, sign), fyriboðan (omen, portent, presage, sign), ávísing (reference, summons). (various references) | |
Finnish | ilmaisu (expression, manifestation, utterance), osoitus (evidence, proof), merkki (character, make, mark, sign, token). (various references) | |
French | indication (index, information, instruction). (various references) | |
Frisian | oanwizing (directions, index, instruction), oantsjutting (index), foarteken (omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign), fiarsizzing (omen, portent, presage, sign). (various references) | |
German | indikation (therapeutic indication), anzeige (accusation, ad, advertisement, advertisement (ad), announcement, declaration, display, dump, indexing, indicator, legal proceedings, notice, notification, proclamation, reading, readout, report, statement), Anzeichen (augury, character, evidence, manifestation, mark, omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign, symptom). (various references) | |
Greek | ένδειξη (clew, clue, denotation, index, token). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אות (beckon, cue, decoration, emblem, letter, note, sign, signal, signature, symbol, token), חווי (statement), התויה (marking, survey), רמז (allusion, clue, cue, hint, implication, inkling, intimation, sign, tinge, tip, tip off, wink, winking), ציון (denotation, designation, index, marking, note, record, remark, sign, subscript), סימן (score, sign, signal, symbol, tinge, token, trace). (various references) | |
Hungarian | indikáció, vmire utaló jel, utalás (allusion, commitment, cross-reference, hint, mention, reference), tünet (diagnostic, stigma, stigmata, symptom), rámutatás, leolvasás (reading), jelzés (adumbration, blaze, insignia, marker, marking, reading, score, sign, signal, signalling, signification), javallat, feltüntetés (representation), bizonyíték (approbation, evidence, evidence in writing, exhibit, proof, rigidity of the proof, substantiation, voucher). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tunjukan, tanda (alert, apostrophe, auspice, hallmark, mark, seal, sign, signal, tally, token), petunjuk (advice, direction, directive, directory, guidance, guideline, hint, instruction), penunjukan (pointing to something, reference), gelagat (attitude, habit, symptom). (various references) | |
Italian | indicazione (direction, index, instruction, pointer, pointing, reading, sign), augurio (augury, greeting, omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign, wish). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 徴候 (omen, sign, symptom). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しど (reading, visibility), しじ (apprentice oneself, dead or stillborn child, directions, instruction, looking up, maintenance, personal affairs, study under, support, the four seasons), きはい (giving up and turning back, market trend, worry), ひょうめい (announcement, declaration, demonstration, expression, manifestation), ひょうじ (declaration, demonstrating, display, expression, marking, posting up), あらわれ (embodiment, expression, manifestation, materialization), けぶり (sign), けはい (market trend, worry), ちょうこう (auditing, blushing, bringing tribute, carver, Changjiang River, composure and dignity, engraver, favor, grace, lecture attendance, lengthy consideration, lengthy lecture, omen, sculptor, sign, symptom, thickness, Yangtze River), ちょう (billion, block, bowels, butterfly, cake, condoling with, frivolity, government office, guts, hyper-, intestines, leaf, mourning, omen, pitch, portent, sign, super-, tempo, time, tone, trillion, ultra-). (various references) | |
Korean | 표시 (Denoting, flagging, sign, signs). (various references) | |
Manx | cowrey (attribute, badge, beacon, brand, caret, character, check, denotation, emblem, evidence, feature, gesture, hint, intimation, mark, marque, motion, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, token, trace, wealth). (various references) | |
Norwegian | tegn. (various references) | |
Papiamen | indikashon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | indicationay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | indicação (clue, convocation, denotation, denotement, designation, directions, fountainhead, intimation, label, mark, marking, notice, pointing, sign, statement, undertone). (various references) | |
Romanian | indiciu (clue, index, sign, vestige), indicare (designation), indicaţie (cue, denotation, direction, directive, intimation), semn (auspice, badge, Beck, brand, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, Favor, favour, gesture, impress, index, Mark, note, office, portent, print, property, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, track, vestige, wave). (various references) | |
Russian | указание;обозначение, указание (admonition, denotation, designation, direction, intimation), показание (penance), индикация. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | indikacija, pokazivanje (evidence, manifestation, pointing, showing), naznaka, nagoveštaj (announcement, half word, hint, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, telltale). (various references) | |
Spanish | indicación (direction, hint, index, instruction, landscape, note, observation, order, remark, sign, suggestion, view, word), indicio (clew, clue, hint, index, inkling, Mark, symptom, token, trace), agüero (omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign). (various references) | |
Swedish | tecken (bytes, character, characters, emblem, evidence, index, indicator, mark, motion, note, sign, signal, symbol, symptom, token, trace), indikering (a primitive issued by a service-provider either 1)to invoke some procedure, indication primitive, or 2)to indicate that a procedure has been invoked by the service-user at the peer service-access-point), indikation, beteckning (denomination, denotation, designation, term). (various references) | |
Turkish | işaret (augury, badge, character, chop, clew, clue, cue, device, distinguishing mark, earmark, ensign, foretoken, gesture, glimpse, graph, harbinger, hint, index, indicator, landmark, logo, logotype, marker, note, pip, prognostic, prognostication, representation, sign, signal, signature, symbol, symptom, token, touch, trace), gösterme (demo, demonstration, designation, diagnosis, display, pointing, presentation, shew, showing, view), bulgu (discovery, evidence, find, finding, symptom), belirtme (definition, denotation, determination, diagnosis, showing, specification, ventilation), belirti (clinic, evidence, foretoken, glimpse, impression, Mark, note, prognostic, prognostication, sign, spark, spark of, stamp, strain, streak, symptom, tinge, token, trace), ölçüm (estimate, evaluation, measure, measurement, metage, reading), çıtlatma (hint, intimation). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | симптом (diagnostic, sign, symptom), ознака (augury, badge, bodement, character, characteristic, diagnostic, note, omen, ostent, portent, prognostic, prophet, sign, testimonial, vestige), показник (indicator, number), показання (witness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự chỉ (pointing), sự biểu lộ (manifestation), số chỉ sự biểu thị. (various references) | |
Yucatec | tamax chi' (omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | indiciis, indicio, indicium, signa, signi, significationem, signis, signo, signorum, signum, signumque, testimonium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "indication": indicational, indications. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "indication": contraindication, vindication. (additional references) | |
Words containing "indication": contraindications, vindications. (additional references) | |
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"Indication" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anodisation, ednaisation, endication, indectation, indictio, indigation, induation, inducation, intrication, sindication. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "indication" (pronounced i'ndukā"shun) |
| 9 | i' n d u k ā" sh u n | vindication. |
| 7 | -d u k ā" sh u n | adjudication, dedication, eradication, medication, rededication. |
| 6 | -u k ā" sh u n | falsification, acidification, advocation, allocation, amplification, application, authentication, avocation, certification, classification, codification, communication, complication, convocation, decertification, deification, desiccation, disqualification, diversification, domestication, duplication, edification, education, equivocation, excommunication, explication, fortification, gasification, gratification, identification, implication, intensification, intoxication, invocation, magnification, misallocation, misapplication, miscommunication, modification, multiplication, notification, nullification, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, reallocation, recertification, reclassification, rectification, replication, reunification, revocation, sanctification, saponification, suffocation, unification, verification, vilification. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | abdication, altercation, bifurcation, clarification, confiscation, demarcation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, dislocation, echolocation, electrification, embarkation, evocation, fabrication, gentrification, glorification, indemnification, justification, location, lubrication, misidentification, mummification, obfuscation, publication, relocation, simplification, sophistication, specification, syndication, telecommunication, vacation, vocation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-i-i-n-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: indiction. | |
-2 letters: actinoid, conidian, diatonic, inaction, indicant. | |
-3 letters: actinon, anionic, conidia, contain, diction, idiotic, indican, indicia, nicotin, nonacid. | |
-4 letters: action, anodic, anoint, atonic, cannot, canton, cation, dacoit, incant, indict, nation, niacin, tannic. | |
-5 letters: acini, actin, ancon, anion, antic, canid, canon, canto, coati, conin, cotan, danio, dicot, dicta, donna, idiot, inion, iodic, iodin, ionic, nicad, nitid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-i-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: indications, vindication. | |
+2 letters: indicational, nicotinamide, nidification, vindications. | |
+3 letters: biconditional, dandification, densification, diagnostician, incardination, nicotinamides, nidifications. | |
+4 letters: biconditionals, conditionality, dandifications, denazification, densifications, diagnosticians, discrimination, disinclination, identification, incardinations, incoordination, indoctrinating, indoctrination, unidirectional. | |
+5 letters: confidentiality, denazifications, denitrification, discontinuation, discriminations, disinclinations, disintoxicating, disintoxication, identifications, inconsideration, incoordinations, indemnification, indoctrinations, noninsecticidal, occidentalizing, omnidirectional. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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