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indexes

/ˈɪndɛksɪz/

indexes is the plural of index.

indexes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of index.

Meaning of index

Noun

index (plural indexes or indices or (obsolete, in use in the 17th century) index's)

  1. An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
    • The index of a book lists words or expressions and the pages of the book upon which they are to be found.
  2. The index finger; the forefinger.
  3. A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
    Synonyms:
    pointer
  4. A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
    Synonyms:
    manicule
  5. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
    • Among the gravity indexes is the severance of diplomatic relations.
    Synonyms:
    indicator
  6. A sign; an indication; a token.
    • His son's empty guffaws […] struck him with pain as the indices of a weak mind.1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Misadventures of John Nicholson

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Phrases with indexes

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Questions about indexes

What is indexes the plural of?
Indexes is the plural of index.
How do you pronounce indexes?
Indexes is pronounced /ˈɪndɛksɪz/.

Words near indexes in the dictionary

  1. indexations
  2. indexed
  3. Indexed Web
  4. indexer
  5. indexers
  6. indexes
  7. indexic
  8. indexical
  9. indexicalisation
  10. indexicalisations
  11. indexicalism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indexes (page history and authors); 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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