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cross-index

cross-index verb: to index under a secondary heading or keyword, so that an item may be looked up or located in an alternative way.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To index under a secondary heading or keyword, so that an item may be looked up or located in an alternative way.
    • My record collection is sorted alphabetically by song title, but I've also cross-indexed it by artist.

Forms of cross-index

third-person singular presentcross-indexes
present participlecross-indexing
past participlecross-indexed
pastcross-indexed

Questions about cross-index

What does cross-index mean?
Cross-index means to index under a secondary heading or keyword, so that an item may be looked up or located in an alternative way.
What part of speech is cross-index?
Cross-index is a verb.
What is the past tense of cross-index?
The past tense of cross-index is cross-indexed.

Words near cross-index in the dictionary

  1. cross-hatching
  2. cross-hatchings
  3. cross-heading
  4. cross-holding
  5. cross-holdings
  6. cross-index
  7. cross-indexed
  8. cross-indexes
  9. cross-indexing
  10. cross-infect
  11. cross-infected

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