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to index

to index

17 4.2
To list items so people can find them in a book or database
  • verb
  • /ˈɪndɛks/
: 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.