alphabet
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- noun
- /ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/
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- Before the Brigade went out of existence, it worked out an alphabet of standardized images that could be instantly read by any viewer.
- letters of the alphabet
- Braille alphabet
- musical alphabet
Examples
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Are you doing the alphabet?
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The braille alphabet is easy to memorize, and it's hard to mistake one letter for another.
Academic text (1996) -
How fast can you type the alphabet A through Z?
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The students I teach really need to sing the alphabet and practice counting by rote and all that stuff.
Blog text (23) -
Learning the alphabet is essential for young children who are just beginning to read.
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She recited the alphabet to her younger brother to help him learn.
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We practiced singing the alphabet song together to make it fun.
Synonyms
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Important facts or skills you learn first in a subject
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The basic letters of a language in their usual order
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Basic ideas and facts that form the foundation of a subject
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A basic introduction to a subject that covers the main ideas
Basic ideas you learn first when studying a subject
Basic facts or skills you learn first in a subject
Compounds
- Specialized
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A set of symbols that each show one speech sound and how words are said
- Slur
A joking or critical phrase that says LGBT people secretly control media and politics
A set of letters used to write Hebrew and related languages like Yiddish and Ladino
- Specialized
A set of letters that show speech sounds like the International Phonetic Alphabet
How Basic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember that alphabet can mean the basics is to think of alpha and beta as the 'A and B' of any subject, just like saying the 'ABCs' of something. That's why alphabet also means the simple first things you learn about a topic.