index
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈɪndɛks/
:
índice
- You have all your videotapes alphabetized and on index cards?
- alphabetical index
- index card
- index entry
Now, some indexes are a little bit different to others.
- Now, some indexes are a little bit different to others.
- I got access to the California State Death Index.
- I put it back together with index clear.
- And then that that time index will not not really apply.
Examples
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The next morning, I looked up his name in the periodicals index at the library.
Fiction book (2000) -
You can look for this version in the Times Index and the Screen Achievement Record.
Fiction book (1998) -
Are you making an index in the book itself?
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So you have a nice little index with things here in the back.
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Did you go over the index cards?
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The site can be accessed via the map view, a tour index, and a collection option.
Academic text (2011) -
For each possible word, such an index gives the list of all objects where the word occurs.
Academic text (2011) -
See, every item is assigned its own index card... ...with its own unique code... ...indicating the title, author, location, and topic.
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I've searched the index for anyone aged between 20 and 30 with a firearms conviction that matches the other criteria.
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You can find the author's name in the index at the back of the book.
Synonyms
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1.0
An ordered set of names or things for reference
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2.3
A printed or online list of items for people to look at
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4.4
A set of cards that people arrange in alphabetical order to list and find items like books
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5.5
A number that shows how things like prices change over time or between places
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.2
A number that shows how prices of goods and services change over time
- Specialized
8
3.9
An official measure of how prices people pay for goods and services change over time
- Specialized
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4.8
A fund that buys the same stocks or bonds as a market index to match its returns
- Specialized
4
3.2
A number that shows if a person's weight is healthy for their height
- Formal
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6.3
A number that shows changes in prices companies that make things get when they sell to shops or other businesses
- Specialized
1
6.7
First known person in an outbreak who helps trace where the disease came from
- Specialized
1
6.1
A number that shows how much a material slows light compared with empty space
- Specialized
1
4.1
A number that shows how prices of selected stocks change over time
- Archaic
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4.4
A set of cards that people arrange in alphabetical order to list and find items like books
- Specialized
1
3.5
A number showing how much money a typical household needs for basic goods and services
- Specialized
1
5.5
A number that shows how things like prices change over time or between places
- Specialized
1
6.9
A number showing how much light slows in a material compared to empty space
- Specialized
1
7.2
A contract that lets people bet on or protect against changes in a stock market index
- Specialized
The skull's widest measurement as a percent of its longest measurement
- Specialized
The percent of a skull's width compared with its length used to describe skull shape
- Formal
Computer system that stores people's DNA profiles so police can find matches in criminal cases
- Specialized
The percent of a skull's maximum width compared with its maximum length
- Specialized
A number comparing how much heat a gas holds at fixed pressure and fixed volume
- Specialized
A fossil of an animal or plant that lived in one time period and helps identify and date rock layers
- Specialized
A small storage inside the computer that changes an address to find data in memory
- Specialized
A number that shows how a group of stocks is doing in the market
- Specialized
A number that shows how prices of goods sold in large amounts change over time
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Index comes from an old Latin word meaning 'one who points out', the same idea behind the verb indicate. Think of an index as a pointer that shows where to find a topic in a book. That's why a book index lists the pages where things are mentioned.