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Alphabet - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Alphabet : (noun)
1: a character set that includes letters and is used to write a
language
2: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he
mastered only the rudiments of geometry" [syn: rudiment,
first rudiment, first principle, ABC, ABC's, ABCs]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Alphabet : \Al"pha*bet\, n. [L. alphabetum, fr. Gr. ? _ ?, the
first two Greek letters; Heb. [=a]leph and beth: cf. F.
alphabet.]
1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order;
the series of letters or signs which form the elements of
written language.
2. The simplest rudiments; elements.
The very alphabet of our law. --Macaulay.
Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Alphabet : \Al"pha*bet\, v. t.
To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange
alphabetically. [R.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Alphabet |
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