- index
- noun1 list of names/topicsADJECTIVE▪ complete, comprehensive▪ detailed▪ general▪ alphabetical▪ card (BrE), subjectVERB + INDEX▪ appear in, be in▪
The topic I was interested in didn't appear in the index.
▪ consult, look (sth up) in, search▪Why don't you look up her name in the index?
▪Search the index to find the address of the data file.
▪ compile, create, updateINDEX + VERB▪ give sth, list sth▪The index only gives the main towns.
INDEX + NOUN▪ cardPREPOSITION▪ in a/the index▪Is there any reference to it in the index?
▪ index to▪It's a general index to the whole work.
2 system showing the level of sth; measure of sthADJECTIVE▪ good, reliable, sensitive, useful▪ high, low▪ weighted▪ official▪ general▪a general index calculated from death and population information
▪ cost-of-living, market, price▪the consumer price index (esp. AmE)
▪the retail price index (BrE)
▪ commodity, futures, share, stock, stock-market▪ Dow Jones, FTSE 100, etc.▪ dollar, sterling, etc.▪ body mass (abbreviated to BMI), glycaemic/glycemic (abbreviated to GI), refractive, etc.VERB + INDEX▪ have▪Those who lived in the inner cities had a high index of deprivation.
▪ use (sth as)▪The test results were used as an index of language proficiency.
▪ compile, construct, create▪ calculate, compute, derive▪ provide, publish▪The price index is published monthly.
▪ drag, drive, push, take▪A wave of frenzied buying pushed the index up 136.2 points.
▪ measure▪ track▪Most commodity funds track a specific commodity index.
INDEX + VERB▪ add sth (esp. BrE), gain sth, increase, jump, rise, surge▪The NYSE Financial index gained 20%.
▪ decline, dip, drop, fall, sink▪The commodities index fell 3.1%.
▪ measure sth▪an index designed to measure changes in the volume of industrial production
▪ post sth▪The Morgan Stanley Cyclical index posted a small advance.
▪ be based on sth▪an index based on incidents causing a loss of production
▪ be linked to sth▪The increase in our standard rates will be linked to the consumer price index.
▪index-linked pensions (BrE)
▪ cover sth▪an index covering some 1 700 companies
▪ open▪ close, end▪The hundred shares index closed down 15 points.
PREPOSITION▪ in an/the index▪dividends on shares in the index
▪ on an/the index▪The company is listed on the Nasdaq technology stocks index.
PHRASES▪ a drop in an index, a fall in an index▪a 28.2 point drop in the FTSE 100 index
▪ changes in an index▪ an increase in an index▪ as measured by an index▪Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, is expected to drop.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
