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{
"term": "index",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "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",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Look it up in the index."
},
{
"text": "Author and subject indexes are available on a library database."
},
{
"text": "Is there any reference to it in the index?"
},
{
"text": "It's a general index to the whole work."
},
{
"text": "The index only gives the main towns."
},
{
"text": "The topic I was interested in didn't appear in the index."
},
{
"text": "His novels were put on the index of banned books."
},
{
"text": "The detailed index lists all the historical characters referred to in the book."
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["complete", "comprehensive", "detailed"],
"verb + index": ["appear in", "be in", "consult"],
"index + verb": ["give something", "list something"],
"index + noun": ["card"],
"preposition": ["in a/the index", "index to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a box of cards with information on them, arranged in alphabetical order",
"labels": "(British English)North American English",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a system that shows the level of prices and wages, etc. so that they can be compared with those of a previous date",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the cost-of-living index"
},
{
"text": "The Dow Jones index fell 15 points this morning."
},
{
"text": "stock market indices"
},
{
"text": "house price indexes"
},
{
"text": "Most commodity funds track a specific commodity index."
},
{
"text": "The Morgan Stanley Cyclical index posted a small advance."
},
{
"text": "The NYSE Financial index gained 20%."
},
{
"text": "The commodities index fell 3.1%."
},
{
"text": "The company is listed on the Nasdaq technology stocks index."
},
{
"text": "The hundred shares index closed down 15 points."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "reliable", "sensitive"],
"verb + index": ["have", "use (something as)", "compile"],
"index + verb": ["add something", "gain something", "increase"],
"preposition": ["in an/the index", "on an/the index"],
"phrases": [
"a drop in an index",
"a fall in an index",
"changes in an index"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a number giving a measurement of something compared with a particular standard",
"examples": [
{
"text": "White bread has a high glycaemic index."
},
{
"text": "pain management index scores"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a sign or measure that something else can be judged by",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The number of new houses being built is a good index of a country's prosperity."
},
{
"text": "The test results were used as an index of language proficiency."
},
{
"text": "Those who lived in the inner cities had a high index of deprivation."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "reliable", "sensitive"],
"verb + index": ["have", "use (something as)", "compile"],
"index + verb": ["add something", "gain something", "increase"],
"preposition": ["in an/the index", "on an/the index"],
"phrases": [
"a drop in an index",
"a fall in an index",
"changes in an index"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a list of the records in a computer file with information about where each is located",
"labels": "(computing)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Search the index to find the address of the data file."
},
{
"text": "The index of a search engine is like a library."
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "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.",
"labels": "(mathematics)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Maths and measurement"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪndeks/",
"audio": "in/index/index__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪndɪsiːz/",
"audio": "in/index/indices__gb_4.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪndeks/",
"audio": "in/index/index__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪndɪsiːz/",
"audio": "in/index/indices__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 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)."
}