Meaning

An alphabetical listing of items and their location..

Definitions by Sense

1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
2. The index finger; the forefinger.
3. A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
4. (typography) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
5. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
6. A sign; an indication; a token.
7. (linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
8. (economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.

Example Sentences

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.

Among the gravity indexes is the severance of diplomatic relations.

Tastes are the Indexes of the different Qualities of Plants.

His son's empty guffaws […] struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.

Their use of these words as epithets is an index of an appallingly low level of feminist awareness.

In other words, we predict that the index for a new pair of materials can be obtained from the indexes of the individual materials, both against air or against vacuum.

The index of 2ℤ in ℤ is 2.

Word Forms

• indexes
• indices
• index's
• indexing
• indexed

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When Should You Use Index?

Use index when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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