Index | Mean of index in English Dictionary
/ˈɪnˌdɛks/
- Noun
- an ordered list: such as
- an alphabetical list at the end of a book that shows the page where each thing in the list can be found
- Look up the recipe for potato soup in the index.
- Potato soup is listed under “soup” in the index.
- a group of related things that are in alphabetical or numerical order
- The card catalog is an index to the materials in the library.
- a sign or number that shows how something is changing or performing
- The price of goods is an index [=indication] of business conditions.
- a stock index
- certain economic indexes/indices
- (Brit) an index-linked pension [=a pension that is linked to an index (such as the retail price index) so that it rises or falls as the index does]
- a device used to point to something (such as a number)
- the index on a scale
- Verb
- to provide an index for (something, such as a book)
- an indexed book [=a book that has an index]
- to list or include (something) in an index
- This search engine has indexed hundreds of millions of Web sites.
- Each term in the book is indexed.
- to link wages, benefits, etc., to a measurement of changes in the price of goods and services so that they increase at the same rate
- Social security benefits are indexed to inflation. [=social security benefits increase when inflation occurs]
