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verb [T] (MAKE LIST) /ˈɪn.deks/Definition
› to prepare an index for a book or collection, or arrange it in an index: Our computer indexes several thousand new records every second. The book contains a lot of information, but it's not very well indexed.Editing and compilingCorrecting and mendingPublishing
(Definition of index verb (MAKE LIST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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