indicative mood

/ɪnˌdɪkədɪv mud/
/ɪnˈdɪkətɪv mud/
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Other forms: indicative moods

Definitions of indicative mood
  1. noun
    a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
    synonyms: common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative
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    type of:
    modality, mode, mood
    verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
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