1. The act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve
   "Indexing is crucial for efficient database management"

1. (publication) provide with an index
   "index the book"
    
2. List in an index
   "The librarian indexed the new acquisitions"
    
3. Adjust through indexation
   "The government indexes wages and prices"

Derived forms: indexings

Type of: assortment, categorisation [Brit], categorization, classification, compartmentalisation [Brit], compartmentalization, determine, furnish, influence, list, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], offer, provide, regulate, render, shape, supply

Encyclopedia: Indexing