Usually means: Pointing out by using language.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word deictic:

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  1. deictic: Merriam-Webster
  2. deictic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deictic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deictic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. deictic: Vocabulary.com
  6. deictic: Wordnik
  7. deictic: Wiktionary
  8. deictic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. deictic: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Deictic, deictic: Dictionary.com
  11. Deictic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Deictic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. deictic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. deictic: Rhymezone
  15. Deictic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. deictic: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. deictic: FreeDictionary.org
  18. deictic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. deictic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. deictic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deictic: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See deictics as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (grammar) Of or pertaining to deixis; to a word whose meaning is dependent on context.
adjective:  Directly pointing out; specifying.
noun:  (grammar) Such a word (such as I or here).

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