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to index

17 4.2
To list items so people can find them in a book or database
  • verb
  • /ˈɪndɛks/
translation icon : indizar
  • And then this script goes through and indexes all of them.
  • index journals
  • index articles
  • index publications

Can they be read, understood, stored, indexed and then possibly retrieved?

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Examples

  • Can they be read, understood, stored, indexed and then possibly retrieved?

  • The librarian will index all new books to help readers find them easily.

  • OK, so we can index to get single characters.

  • There are a large number of volumes to be indexed.

  • Parental support was assessed with two items indexing the ease of talking to parents.

    Academic text (2008)
  • We included any literature published since the earliest date indexed in each database up to the December 2010 search date.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Some of these publications indexed CSS documents plus other US government publications.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We're indexing all audio, video and geo-located IP network data to create a sight picture and develop a target package.

  • CBM is a set of methods for indexing academic competence and progress.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Also, diaries and personal narratives are often indexed under major entries in the card catalogue of libraries.

    Academic text (1992)

Compounds

32 1.0

A finger next to the thumb used for pointing or pressing

price index
  • Specialized
15 3.2

A number that shows how prices of goods and services change over time

consumer price index
  • Specialized
8 3.9

An official measure of how prices people pay for goods and services change over time

index fund
  • Specialized
7 4.8

A fund that buys the same stocks or bonds as a market index to match its returns

stock index
  • Specialized
6 3.4

A number that shows how a group of stocks is doing

body mass index
  • Specialized
4 3.2

A number that shows if a person's weight is healthy for their height

1 6.3

A number that shows changes in prices companies that make things get when they sell to shops or other businesses

index case
  • Specialized
1 6.7

First known person in an outbreak who helps trace where the disease came from

refractive index
  • Specialized
1 6.1

A number that shows how much a material slows light compared with empty space

stock market index
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A number that shows how prices of selected stocks change over time

card index
  • Archaic
1 4.4

A set of cards that people arrange in alphabetical order to list and find items like books

cost-of-living index
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A number showing how much money a typical household needs for basic goods and services

index number
  • Specialized
1 5.5

A number that shows how things like prices change over time or between places

index of refraction
  • Specialized
1 6.9

A number showing how much light slows in a material compared to empty space

stock-index futures
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A contract that lets people bet on or protect against changes in a stock market index

breadth index
  • Specialized
9.9

The skull's widest measurement as a percent of its longest measurement

business index
  • Specialized
3.5

A number showing how active businesses are in an economy over time

cephalic index
  • Specialized
9.1

The percent of a skull's width compared with its length used to describe skull shape

Computer system that stores people's DNA profiles so police can find matches in criminal cases

A note in a book that points to related information in another part

cranial index
  • Specialized
9.9

The percent of a skull's maximum width compared with its maximum length

adiabatic index
  • Specialized
9.9

A number comparing how much heat a gas holds at fixed pressure and fixed volume

facial index
  • Specialized
9.2

How wide a face is compared to its height, shown as a percent

index fossil
  • Specialized
8.2

A fossil of an animal or plant that lived in one time period and helps identify and date rock layers

index register
  • Specialized
7.0

A small storage inside the computer that changes an address to find data in memory

An official measure of how consumer prices change over time

thumb index
  • Specialized
7.2

Small cuts in a book edge that help you open to chapters

5.1

A number that shows how a group of stocks is doing in the market

wholesale price index
  • Specialized
3.9

A number that shows how prices of goods sold in large amounts change over time

How Thorough

catalog
  • US
211 2.5
to index
17 4.2
list
1.0
to note
158 1.3

Surface Forms

index infinitive
indexed past
indexed past participle
indexing present participle
indexes third person singular

Etymology

Index as a verb comes from the noun index meaning a 'pointer' or list, so to index something is to put it into that list to make it easy to find. This is why librarians and databases 'index' books and articles.