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Antonyms for index

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : in-deks
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn dɛks

Definition of index

Origin :
  • late 14c., "the forefinger," from Latin index (genitive indicis) "forefinger, pointer, sign, list," literally "anything which points out," from indicare "point out" (see indication). Meaning "list of a book's contents" is first attested 1570s, from Latin phrases such as Index Nominum "Index of Names," index expurgatorius "specification of passages to be deleted from works otherwise permitted." Scientific sense (refractive index, etc.) is from 1829; economic sense (cost-of-living index, etc.) is from 1870, from the scientific usage, from sense "an indicator." The Church sense of "forbidden books" is from index librorum prohibitorum, first published 1564 by authority of Pius IV.
  • noun indication
  • verb arrange, order
Example sentences :
  • If features are an index to the heart, I have no fears of that.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Why should the Congregation of the Index threaten his work with interdiction?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Was that one of the crimes denounced to the Congregation of the Index?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Perhaps they have met to discuss some affair connected with the Index?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • And you have learnt that the Congregation of the Index has condemned your book, as was inevitable?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • For each difficult name find the pronunciation in the index.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Click on this line to go to the Index for all Parker's works.
  • Extract from : « Quotes and Images From The Works of Gilbert Parker » by Gilbert Parker
  • “Wait,” said the Doctor, more gravely, arresting the movement with his index finger.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • What is best in each kind is an index of what should be the average of that thing.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Alphabetic links have been added to the index for ease of navigation.
  • Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius

Synonyms for index

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