- (plural indexes)a list of names or topics that are referred to in a book, etc., usually arranged at the end of a book in alphabetical order or listed in a separate file or book
- Look it up in the index.
- Author and subject indexes are available on a library database.
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb2- Is there any reference to it in the index?
- It's a general index to the whole work.
- The index only gives the main towns.
- The topic I was interested in didn't appear in the index.
- His novels were put on the index of banned books.
- The detailed index lists all the historical characters referred to in the book.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- comprehensive
- detailed
- …
- appear in
- be in
- consult
- …
- give something
- list something
- card
- in a/the index
- index to
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- (also card index (British English), North American English card catalog)a box of cards with information on them, arranged in alphabetical order
- (plural indexes or indicesa system that shows the level of prices and wages, etc. so that they can be compared with those of a previous date/ˈɪndɪsiːz//ˈɪndɪsiːz/)
- the cost-of-living index
- The Dow Jones index fell 15 points this morning.
- stock market indices
- house price indexes
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1- Most commodity funds track a specific commodity index.
- The Morgan Stanley Cyclical index posted a small advance.
- The NYSE Financial index gained 20%.
- The commodities index fell 3.1%.
- The company is listed on the Nasdaq technology stocks index.
- The hundred shares index closed down 15 points.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- reliable
- sensitive
- …
- have
- use (something as)
- compile
- …
- add something
- gain something
- increase
- …
- in an/the index
- on an/the index
- a drop in an index
- a fall in an index
- changes in an index
- …
- (plural indexes or indicesa number giving a measurement of something compared with a particular standard/ˈɪndɪsiːz//ˈɪndɪsiːz/)
- White bread has a high glycaemic index.
- pain management index scores
- (plural indicesa sign or measure that something else can be judged by/ˈɪndɪsiːz//ˈɪndɪsiːz/)
- The number of new houses being built is a good index of a country's prosperity.
Extra Examples- The test results were used as an index of language proficiency.
- Those who lived in the inner cities had a high index of deprivation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- reliable
- sensitive
- …
- have
- use (something as)
- compile
- …
- add something
- gain something
- increase
- …
- in an/the index
- on an/the index
- a drop in an index
- a fall in an index
- changes in an index
- …
- (plural indexes or indices(computing) a list of the records in a computer file with information about where each is located/ˈɪndɪsiːz//ˈɪndɪsiːz/)
- Search the index to find the address of the data file.
- The index of a search engine is like a library.
- (usually indices [plural])(mathematics) the small number written above a larger number to show how many times that number must be multiplied by itself. In the equation 42 = 16, the number 2 is an index.Topics Maths and measurementc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin index, indic- ‘forefinger, informer, sign’, from in- ‘towards’ + a second element related to dicere ‘say’ or dicare ‘make known’; compare with indicate. The original sense ‘index finger’ (the finger with which one points), came to mean ‘pointer’ (late 16th cent.), and figuratively something that serves to point to a fact or conclusion; hence a list of topics in a book (“pointing” to their location).
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