indicating

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point out; show.

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dotted lines indicate the text's margins

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designate specify stipulate show

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suggest as a desirable or necessary course of action.

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the treatment is likely to be indicated in severely depressed patients

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advisable desirable recommended suggested desired preferable best sensible wise prudent appropriate suitable helpful useful effective advantageous beneficial valuable profitable gainful necessary needed required essential

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indicate indicator indication indicative economic indicator