index

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/ˈɪndɛks/

noun 5verb 5name 5

Collocations

ADJ.

advanced, short, shorter

The search engine uses an advanced index to find results in milliseconds.

VERB + INDEX

book, broke, find, know, numbered, price, ring, use

I couldn't find the chapter I needed because the book's index was poorly organized.

INDEX + NOUN

-, all-time, barometer, bmi, character, finger, infinity, middle

The stock market index hit an all-time high yesterday afternoon.

PREP.

from, off, than

The stock market index fell sharply off its record high last month.

ADV.

dramatically

The cost of living index rose dramatically over the past year.

Definitions

noun

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.

The index finger; the forefinger.

A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.

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

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

Tastes are the Indexes of the different Qualities of Plants.

verb

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

MySQL does not index short words and common words.

To inventory; to take stock.

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

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.

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

An unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas.

An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.

A ghost town in Cass County, Missouri.

A small hamlet in Otsego County, New York.

An unincorporated community in King George County, Virginia.

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Synonyms

noun — the finger next to the thumb

forefinger

noun — a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derive

noun — a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a qua

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

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

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Tastes are the Indexes of the different Qualities of Plants.

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MySQL does not index short words and common words.

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

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