| word | index |
|---|---|
| definition | noun An index is a system by which changes in the value of something and the rate at which it changes can be recorded, measured, or interpreted . ...the U.K. retail price index. ...economic indices. An index is an alphabetical list that is printed at the back of a book and tells you on which pages important topics are referred to. There's even a special subject index. If one thing is an index of another, it indicates what the other thing will be like. Weeds are an index to the character of the soil. In mathematics, indices are the little numbers that show how many times you must multiply a number by itself. In the equation 3² = 9, the number 2 is an index. verb If you index a book or a collection of information, you make an alphabetical list of the items in it. This vast archive has been indexed and made accessible to researchers. Painters and sculptors are indexed separately. She's indexed the book by author, by age, and by illustrator. If a quantity or value is indexed to another, a system is arranged so that it increases or decreases whenever the other one increases or decreases. Minimum pensions and wages are to be indexed to inflation. |
| inflections | indicesindexesindexingindexed |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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