About The Word Alphabet
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Alphabet
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What's The Definition Of Alphabet?
[n] the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered the rudiments of geometry"
[n] a character set that includes letters Synonyms | Synonyms for Alphabet: ABC | ABCs | ABC's | first principle | first rudiment | rudiment Related Terms | Find terms related to Alphabet: alphabetics | art | basics | beginning | blueprint | charactering | characterization | chart | choreography | commencement | conventional representation | dance notation | delineation | demonstration | depiction | depictment | diagram | drama | drawing | elements | exemplification | figuration | first principles | first steps | fundamentals | futhark | grammar | graphemics | hieroglyphic | hornbook | iconography | ideogram | illustration | imagery | imaging | induction | Initial Teaching Alphabet | International Phonetic Alphabet | IPA | ITA | letter | letters | limning | logogram | logograph | map | musical notation | notation | outlines | outset | paleography | pictogram | picturization | plan | portraiture | portrayal | prefigurement | presentment | primer | principia | principles | printing | projection | realization | rendering | rendition | representation | rudiments | runic alphabet | schema | score | script | start | syllabary | symbol | tablature | writing | writing system See Also | alphabetic character | Arabic alphabet | Aramaic alphabet | basic principle | basics | bedrock | character set | Cyrillic | Cyrillic alphabet | finger alphabet | fundamental principle | fundamentals | Greek alphabet | Hebraic alphabet | Hebrew alphabet | letter | letter of the alphabet | manual alphabet | phonetic alphabet | Roman alphabet | sound alphabet Alphabet In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
\Al"pha*bet\, v. t. To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. [R.] |
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