noun
1 list of names/topics
ADJECTIVE
▪ complete , comprehensive
▪ detailed
▪ general
▪ alphabetical
▪ card ( BrE ), subject
VERB + INDEX
▪ appear in , be in
▪
The topic I was interested in didn't appear in the ~.
▪ consult , look (sth up) in , search
▪
Why don't you look up her name in the ~?
▪
Search the ~ to find the address of the data file.
▪ compile , create , update
INDEX + VERB
▪ give sth , list sth
▪
The ~ only gives the main towns.
INDEX + NOUN
▪ card
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Is there any reference to it in the ~?
▪ ~ to
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It's a general ~ to the whole work.
2 system showing the level of sth; measure of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , reliable , sensitive , useful
▪ high , low
▪ weighted
▪ official
▪ general
▪
a general ~ calculated from death and population information
▪ cost-of-living , market , price
▪
the consumer price ~ ( esp. AmE )
▪
the retail price ~ ( BrE )
▪ commodity , futures , share , stock , stock-market
▪ Dow Jones , FTSE 100 , etc.
▪ dollar , sterling , etc.
▪ body mass (abbreviated to BMI ) , glycaemic/glycemic (abbreviated to GI ) , refractive , etc.
VERB + INDEX
▪ have
▪
Those who lived in the inner cities had a high ~ of deprivation.
▪ use (sth as)
▪
The test results were used as an ~ of language proficiency.
▪ compile , construct , create
▪ calculate , compute , derive
▪ provide , publish
▪
The price ~ is published monthly.
▪ drag , drive , push , take
▪
A wave of frenzied buying pushed the ~ up 136.2 points.
▪ measure
▪ track
▪
Most commodity funds track a specific commodity ~.
INDEX + VERB
▪ add sth ( esp. BrE ), gain sth , increase , jump , rise , surge
▪
The NYSE Financial ~ gained 20%.
▪ decline , dip , drop , fall , sink
▪
The commodities ~ fell 3.1%.
▪ measure sth
▪
an ~ designed to measure changes in the volume of industrial production
▪ post sth
▪
The Morgan Stanley Cyclical ~ posted a small advance.
▪ be based on sth
▪
an ~ based on incidents causing a loss of production
▪ be linked to sth
▪
The increase in our standard rates will be linked to the consumer price ~.
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index-linked pensions ( BrE )
▪ cover sth
▪
an ~ covering some 1 700 companies
▪ open
▪ close , end
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The hundred shares ~ closed down 15 points.
PREPOSITION
▪ in an/the ~
▪
dividends on shares in the ~
▪ on an/the ~
▪
The company is listed on the Nasdaq technology stocks ~.
PHRASES
▪ a drop in an ~ , a fall in an ~
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a 28.2 point drop in the FTSE 100 ~
▪ changes in an ~
▪ an increase in an ~
▪ as measured by an ~
▪
Inflation, as measured by the consumer price ~, is expected to drop.