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indicative


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noun

Definition of INDICATIVE

1
: the indicative mood of a language
2
: a form in the indicative mood
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1530

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ablaut, allusion, anacoluthon, diacritic, gerund, idiom, infinitive, metaphor, semiotics, simile

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