Alphabet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Alphabet is a noun meaning The set of letters used when writing in a language.
Meaning
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
More Meanings
- (computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
- The simplest rudiments; elements.
- (Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
- A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
- (dialectal, nonstandard, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
- (rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
Example Sentences
The very alphabet of our law.
There are 26 alphabets in English.
The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.
The notes are named with the first seven alphabets.
Word Forms
- alphabets
- alphabeting
- alphabeted
Synonyms for alphabet
Depending on context, synonyms include absey, alphabetize.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alphabetical, orthography, spelling, alphabetic, language, letter.
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