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Etymology

From Latin index (“‘a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription’”) < indicō (“‘point out, show’”); see indicate.

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Noun

Singular index

Plural indexes or indices

index (plural indexes or indices)

  1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location; for example, the index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.
  2. (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.
  3. The index finger, the forefinger.
  4. A sign; an indication; a token.
    His son's empty guffaws ... struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.
  5. (economics) a single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
  6. (programming, computing) An integer or other key indicating the location of data e.g. within a vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
  7. (computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.

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Verb

Infinitive to index

Third person singular indexes

Simple past indexed

Past participle indexed

Present participle indexing

to index (third-person singular simple present indexes, present participle indexing, simple past and past participle indexed)

  1. (transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
  2. To inventory, to take stock.

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Translations

to arrange an index
  • Czech: indexovat cs(cs)
  • Danish: indeksere
  • Dutch: please add this translation if you can
  • Esperanto: indeksi eo(eo)
  • Finnish: indeksoida fi(fi)
  • French: please add this translation if you can
  • German: indizieren de(de)
  • Italian: indicizzare it(it)
  • Polish: indeksować
  • Spanish: please add this translation if you can
to take stock — see inventory

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

index m.

  1. index (economics)

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Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: Index

Wikipedia nl

Noun

index m (plural indexen or indices)

  1. index

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French

Etymology

From Latin index (“‘pointer, indicator’”), from indicō (“‘point out, show’”).

Noun

index m. (plural index)

  1. Index
  2. forefinger
  3. The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php

Latin

Etymology

From indicō (“‘point out, indicate, show’”), from in (“‘in, at, on; into’”) + dicō (“‘indicate; dedicate; set apart’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

index (genitive indicis); m, f, third declension

  1. A pointer, indicator.
  2. The index finger, forefinger.
  3. A sign, indication, proof, mark, token, index.
  4. An informer, discoverer, director, talebearer, guide, witness, betrayer, spy.
  5. (of books) A title, superscription.
  6. (of books) An index, catalogue, table, list, summary, digest.
  7. (of paintings or statues) An inscription.

Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative index indicēs
genitive indicis indicum
dative indicī indicibus
accusative indicem indicēs
ablative indice indicibus
vocative index indicēs

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The consumer price . index. in April 2010 rose by 0.9 per cent over March 2010. The increase was due largely to higher costs of transport, housing and recreation & others .

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How does a radical index work in a Chinese dictionary and how can i identify a characters radical?
Q. I am learning chinese and have just got a chinese dictonary from Collins I have read the explanition on how to use the radical index several times and I still dont understand it. How do i use it correctly and also how do you work out the radical of each character they all look like they have several of them? Which I assume is not right they must only have one radical surely.
Asked by ELIZABETH D - Mon Nov 19 06:01:26 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Let's explain with an example using the character (qiu1) which means autumn. If you look in the dictionary, (5 strokes) and (4 strokes) are radicals on their own. So how do you decide which is the correct radical? When a character is made up of parts sitting side by side, you look at the LEFT radical FIRST, if you cannot find it in the dictionary, then look at the RIGHT radical. Now we look at another example with (lu4) which means dew or exposed. This character has two radicals which can either be (8 strokes) or (7 strokes). When a character is made up of a top part and a bottom part as in and , look at the TOP radical FIRST. As in (xiang4) which means elephant (made up of a top and bottom), you cannot find a radical… [cont.]
Answered by reut - Mon Nov 19 12:07:50 2007

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