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indicative

1 noun
     
Related topics: Grammar
in‧dic‧a‧tive1 [uncountable and countable] technical
SLG the form of a verb that is used to make statements. For example, in the sentences 'Penny passed her test', and 'Michael likes cake', the verbs 'passed' and 'like' are in the indicative.
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