index

UK /ˈɪndɛks/ US /ˈɪndɛks/
noun 5verb 5name 5

Definitions

noun

1

An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

The index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.

He isn't able to find the index of the book.

2

The index finger; the forefinger.

3

A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.

4

A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.

5

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

Tastes are the Indexes of the different Qualities of Plants.

verb

1

To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.

MySQL does not index short words and common words.

2

To inventory; to take stock.

3

To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.

4

To measure by an associated value.

For thousands of years, human progress was indexed to the ease and speed of our mobility: our capacity to walk on two legs, and then to ride on animals, sail on boats, chug across the land and fly through the air, all to procure for ourselves the food and materials we wanted.

5

To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.

For example, the feature I indexes the current speaker in the speech event and you, the current addressee.

name

1

An unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas.

2

An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.

3

A ghost town in Cass County, Missouri.

4

A small hamlet in Otsego County, New York.

5

An unincorporated community in King George County, Virginia.

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