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CROSS-INDEX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
Synonyms:
cross-index; cross-reference
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cross-index" is a kind of...):
acknowledgment; citation; cite; credit; mention; quotation; reference (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage)
Derivation:
cross-index (make an index that refers from one point to the next)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cross-index ... he / she / it cross-indexes
Past simple: cross-indexed
Past participle: cross-indexed
-ing form: cross-indexing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make an index that refers from one point to the next
Example:
These references are cross-indexed
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "cross-index" is one way to...):
index (list in an index)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
cross-index (a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work)
