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cross-indexing

cross-indexing is the present participle and gerund of cross-index.

Meaning of cross-index

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.

Questions about cross-indexing

What is cross-indexing the present participle and gerund of?
Cross-indexing is the present participle and gerund of cross-index.

Words near cross-indexing in the dictionary

  1. cross-holding
  2. cross-holdings
  3. cross-index
  4. cross-indexed
  5. cross-indexes
  6. cross-indexing
  7. cross-infect
  8. cross-infected
  9. cross-infecting
  10. cross-infection
  11. cross-infections

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-indexing (page history and authors); cross-index (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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