index Význam & definícia

Význam index v slovenčine

• 0 an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing which page a subject, name, etc. is on:

  • Try looking up "heart disease" in the index.

  • He still has all his friends' names and addresses on a card index.

• 1 a system of numbers used for comparing values of things that change according to each other or a fixed standard:

  • the FTSE 100 Index

  • the Dow Jones Index

  • a wage/price index

  • Consumer spending is often a good index of public confidence in the economy.

• 2 to prepare an index for a book or collection, or arrange it in an index:

  • Our computer indexes several thousand new records every second.

  • The book contains a lot of information, but it's not very well indexed.

• 3 to change a system of numbers according to each other or a fixed standard:

  • Living expenses will be indexed to/in line with inflation (= to take inflation into consideration).

• 4 an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing on which page a name or subject appears, or computer information ordered in a particular way:

  • If you want to find the place in the text that Henry James is mentioned, look it up in the index.

• 5 a number used to show the value of something by comparing it to something else whose value is known:

  • a wage/price index

  • fig. The rate of consumer spending is often thought to be an index of public confidence (= show the state of the public’s confidence) in the health of the economy.

• 6 to prepare an index for a book, or to arrange information in an index:

  • He organized and indexed the material by computer.

• 7 to vary a system of numbers against another or against a fixed standard:

  • Social Security payments are indexed to (= adjusted to allow for) inflation every year.

• 8 a system that measures the present value of something when compared to its previous value or a fixed standard:

  • The house price index estimates the change in the value of the nation's housing stock.

  • a bond/share/stock index

  • an index of sth The fund tracks an index of the UK's top 350 UK shares.

• 9 a sign or measure of something:

  • an index of sth Unemployment levels provide a useful index of the state of the economy.

• 10 an alphabetical list that shows you where information is found in a book, on a website, etc.:

  • a searcheable index

  • online indexes to articles and reports

• 11 a collection of information that is stored in alphabetical order:

  • I keep an index of all my clients' contact details.

• 12 to connect the value of a price or payment to the value of something else such as the rate of inflation:

  • be indexed to sth The pension is indexed to earnings.

  • The unions are demanding wage rises indexed to prices.

• 13 to provide a book or website with an index:

  • All content held in the site is fully indexed.